This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. These cookies ensure basic functionalities and security features of the website, anonymously. Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. Click here to sign up !Īnd tune into Episode #99 of the Kick Some ADHD podcast for more about Surviving ADHD Meltdowns. If you find your ADHD emotional reactions are impacting your life, I invite you to join me for ADHD Success Club. Systems that reduce clutter and disorganization, tackle time management, push off procrastination, and get things done – are all taught in the ADHD Success Club! It all helps.Īnd most importantly, learning personal systems that help manage your ADHD is key. Realizing the small stuff really is small. Self-care for your mind and body, not overcommitting, handling your own stuff in therapy or coaching, strengthening boundaries where you deal with issues ahead of time and being wise with whom you interact. You have ADHD and no matter how well you manage it, there will still be moments when you are startled, afraid, stressed out, exhausted and around annoying, frustrating people.īut you can manage them by managing your ADHD. It’s impossible to say you can eliminate them completely. Often you end up feeling pretty raw after the emotional release and it’s important to forgive yourself and learn from it. Though you might rather hide, damage control is essential to avoiding shame and guilt and repairing your relationships. Then apologize and explain to those who witnessed and were impacted by the meltdown. Talk to your loved ones so they can recognize the warning signals and determine a way they can communicate what they see. That way you can stop an ADHD emotional meltdown before it happens. Learning your triggers can help you identify them in the future. What set you off? What was going on in your mind, body and around you that set you off and how did you start to feel as it happened? When you have settled down, get to the bottom of what happened. Find a way to get physical to burn off the adrenaline and stress.Ī trick you can use even when surrounded by others is to engage in deep breaths or box breathing – four counts in hold for four four counts out, hold for four.
Step away to give yourself a moment to reset and calm down. Most of us can’t run into our room and hide unfortunately – although if you can, that’s the best plan. So what do you do when you’re ADHD emotions explode and you’re in the middle of a meltdown? They are an uncontrollable force that usually can’t be stopped short, but you can try to manage them. Your brain shuts down and you can’t process, just feel. Boggling or flooding – when a momentary emotion takes up all the space in your head. They can be the result of misreading social cues and conversations, constantly feeling like you’re letting your loved ones down, rushing to meet deadlines, or being on alert. Pent-up frustration or sadness mounts until something, usually minor, causes a meltdown. What seems small to others can feel huge and overwhelming to people with ADHD. People with ADHD classically have difficulty regulating emotions and feel things very deeply. It’s the result of dealing constantly with distractions, stress, exhaustion, and overwhelm. It’s not because the person is immature or thinks they should get their way.
Plus, they are so embarrassing!! Why do ADHD emotional meltdowns happen?
They look different for everyone and can range from angry outbursts of flash anger with screaming and profanities, uncontrollable sobbing, overreacting to the slightest thing, internally berating yourself, or catastrophizing and thinking your whole world is going to end.ĪDHD emotional meltdowns can be shocking for both the person with ADHD and those around them. It’s like a pressure cooker exploding and is generally messy and ugly. What exactly is an ADHD emotional meltdown?ĪDHD emotional meltdowns are when someone reaches the end of their rope and easily ‘lose it’. Later on, you might be able to be rational about it and wonder what the heck happened, but in the middle of it, there’s no logic, just feeling. Others view that you’re waaaaay overreacting to something that happened, but for you, it all seems appropriate because with ADHD your emotions can be so extreme.
#Adhd meltdown in child full
Full on panic, crying, anger, yelling – everything feels so intense. You feel like a child having a tantrum in the supermarket because they didn’t get their way.
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