Here's an article on meltdowns we thought you might find interesting.
Imagine going to work and confronting the following day in and day out:
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Knowing that you were probably going to be confused about what the boss is wanting from you because you can't quite understand his requests.
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He talks too fast. Uses strange language and doesn't mean what he says. Has different tones of voice you can't quite understand and gets impatient if you can't keep up.
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Knowing that you weren't going to be like all your colleagues and knowing that they'll notice.
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Feeling anxious that you weren't able to predict with any certainty what the day was going to look like or whether you were going to be able to cope with all the changes.
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Knowing that you can't focus on one thing when there are so many extremely loud and overbearing sounds or sensory distractions going on competing for your attention.
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Just getting your head around one task and then being asked to quickly stop what you were doing and try to adapt to another task that you not only have to understand but have to achieve within a set time frame.
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Now feeling inadequate/worthless/like something's wrong with you because you notice that all your colleagues are able to do things, but you can't.
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Noticing that your boss was angry or impatient, or saying something mean, but having no idea what you did wrong or why they were being mean.
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Feeling inadequate/worthless/like something's wrong with you because of your boss's reaction.
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Afterwards have your colleagues join in, wondering what's wrong with you because you keep making mistakes or misunderstanding what they are saying too, entering into conflict with them, and having no idea how that happened.
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Feeling inadequate/worthless/like something's wrong with you because that incident gave you even more evidence that defines me as not good enough.
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And then, after doing that all day - not knowing yourself what's 'wrong with you', not having a solution to work with, and just wanting to escape it all - you come home from work into your home environment. You enter into another world of more expectations, of feeling misunderstood, overwhelmed, tired from being in survival mode all day, and completely intolerant of any more stimulus, but still have chores to do, transitions to try and navigate, and more personalities to work with, or appointments you need to go to. You'd want nothing more than to escape reality and crawl into a hole but not be allowed to.
How would you feel by the end of your day?