Rough night

[justine_lynae]

I’m just so beyond exhausted. Parenting is hard, but parenting a child with autism is on another level.

Today, we had a 45 minute meltdown in the grocery store. Still no idea why. But...kicking, screaming, hitting, biting, banging her head on the floor, throwing things...all of it. It took 3 people to carry her out of the store. She refused to sit in her car seat and had to be physically held down on the drive home. She kicked the back of the seat a million times. The meltdown carried on for another 2 hours at home. Everyone is covered in bruises, including my daughter.

[Lucacielle]

Hi

There is uaually a reason why they have a meltdown. It could be anything from feeling unwell or the enviornment they are in and possibly don't want to be there.

I dont know how old your daughter is but it sounds as if she is very young. Is she verbal, if not it could be that its the only way she can express herself that not all is well.

Best to remove them from the situation as soon as possible(if possible).

In my experience when my son had a meltdown we learnt that he would need to get it out of his system. He would than calm right down possibly due to exhaustion.

With time we have learnt to recognise the early signs and if the dislikes certain places, we just avoid them. (not always possible)

I hope you ave a good day.

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Yes I agree, there are usually certain places that autistic people don’t like because they find those particular places difficult and if there is behaviour like that it means that you should help them get away from that place as soon as possible or it will cause great psychological damage

[Hidden in reply to Lucacielle]

I think that if someone is so exhausted from being exposed to something that is too difficult, the outcome could be dangerous like a state of shock or something

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Because it was too much for her to be where she was or what she was feeling and she could only communicate that in the way that she did. It’s not her fault