Autistic meltdown is an uncontrollable reaction by your brain being triggered
Sounds, smells, emotional related, not being able to understand what you're feeling.
As adults, autistic meltdowns are humilating. They are mentally and physically draining and exhuasting.
Physical overstimulation, too many people in your space, pressure of having to hug or give hugs etc.
You're born autistic, you die autistic. You don't grow from it.
Autistic meltdowns are not just for kids. Autistic kids aren't the only autistic people that have meltdowns. It continues in life. Can potentionally get worse as more stresses are placed upon you
I donโt really understand people. They can be so exhausting and at times kind of self absorbed. I think Iโve had enough attempts at this point in my life, even at times changing myself and who I am as a person trying to make friends, to realise itโs just too difficult, itโs so incredibly difficult. Itโs not worth the stress and anxiety always trying so hard to be liked. And itโs not that Iโm the problem, because Iโm absolutely not, I spent many many years socialising online, including a tinycams group, being part of an instagram horror movie watching group (that was awesome) even being part of a gaming community on steam for over 7 years. I got on much faster with people online than off. Social interaction wasnโt a struggle. It wasnโt filled with anxiety between sending OR receiving something as it is nowadays. Sometimes, Iโm just not given the time of day, or if I am, Iโve got a short time before the attention span is already gone. People like to talk often. When theyโre not talking theyโre attention span seems weaker than a horsefly. If itโs not important to them, itโs not important.
Sometimes, and Iโm not alone in this as Iโve seen others talk about it on social media. Itโs hard making friends, especially entering your 30s. It feels almost like people arenโt really interested in befriending as much, and to be honest, after trying so hard, Iโm kind of on the same boat. Iโve noticed you arenโt really missing out on anything, itโs a lot of effort when it isnโt reciprocated, and it appears being in a circle of friends adds more anxiety, pressure, stress (this from an outside perspective). Itโs not, not, worth the stress on your mental health.
I just wanted to spill my brain a little bit today as I always feel better writing stuff down. And thatโs it.
โข Iโve always thought how can introverts ever learn to socially interact and make friends, if people wonโt give them much time to practise interacting โข
I made this video, basically stating that itโs ok for men to cry. I did a previous one years ago after seeing an ad campaign about how Itโs ok that men cry and how the effects of growing up with such phrases as โ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ฝ, ๐๐๐ผ๐ฝ ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด, ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ปโ๐ ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐, ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ธ, ๐ด๐ฟ๐ผ๏ฟฝ๏ฟฝ ๐ฎ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฟ, ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ฝโ can make males afraid to show their emotions or talk about how theyโre feeling. It also made me think of Rob Mcelhenney โs (Itโs always sunny) heart breaking coming out scene in an Always Sunny episode, which is beyond words on how incredible it is.
But this wee video (๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐ด๐ฒ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ท๐๐๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ) Is basically to support all kinds of mental health/emotions, (๐ด๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ณ, ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐ถ๐ฒ๐๐/๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ, ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐, ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ, ๐ฎ๐๐๐ถ๐๐บ, ๐น๐ผ๐ป๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ฒ๐๐ฐ) with just a bunch of my great and well acted crying scenes from movies and incredible actors. Basically, itโs ok to cry, feel overwhlemed at times, feel lost and in a bad place. I once spent many years a long time ago in a bad place. I live a very happy positive life but even still have bad days. This year unfortunately has mostly been fuelled with a strong number of sad days, times I got so upset I found it quite hard to get back out off, but like the message goes, itโs really ok to cry, and itโs extremely normal for a man to cry. Itโs not weak or any of the sort. Sometimes itโs even healthy to cry, and let out stuff that has been built up.
Like Dwayne Johnston once said about dealing with hard times, โ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ปโ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ด๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ด๐ต ๐ถ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐น๐ฎ๐๐โ, but you most certainly arenโt alone. And with that, there is alot that knows what youโre going through. And if there isnโt, donโt be afraid to let them know, and even offer you support. But yeah! I wanted to make a mental health awareness video, I got alot out of making it, and I thought Iโd share it too.
Thatโs about it. For anyone that found this, for anyone that actually watched it, all of it or even a few seconds! I hope it helped in some way or another. Youโre excellent ๐ซต๐ป๐ค๐ป