I have read about shutdowns and meltdowns. But I don’t actually get what that looks like in real time.
What I understand is that meltdowns is when someone loses control of their emotions.
Shutdowns are when someone loses the ability to perform certain functions, e.g. the ability to speak.
I was wondering if someone could give a more explicit example, of what that actually looks like?
I only have shut downs. From the outside It doesn’t look like much. I get gradually more silent, less active and less expressive. When it comes to a complete shut down, which is luckily rare, I become completely passive.