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Meltdown, Panic, or Rage?: Neurodivergent Adult's Guide to Telling Apart Three Ways of Losing Contro

TG 6 Episodes Aug 3, 2026

Meltdown, Panic, or Rage? is a podcast for neurodivergent adults who want to tell apart three overwhelming states: meltdown, panic, and rage. Based on the book by Muriel Gabriela Harrington and Israel Owen Leach, it explains how these experiences can feel similar from the inside but have different drivers, targets, and bodily signals. Each episode helps listeners identify what is really happening so they can choose the calming response that fits and take appropriate responsibility. The show balances compassion with accountability.

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What drives your meltdown panic and rage:What Your Body Wants To Do Aug 3, 2026 1416 Underneath the shared loss of control, eachstate is chasing a different goal - and if you can feel which one is pulling, youcan often name the state even when the outside clues are murky. A meltdown wantsthe load to stop. A panic wants to be safe. A rage wants to push back. In thisepisode we learn to read that core impulse by asking one honest question: what didI most want to do? Plus an importan

What Triggers your Meltdowns and Rage Aug 3, 2026 1246 What actually sets these episodes off? In thisepisode we sort the three triggers: the slow pile-up of load behind a meltdown, thefear cue (often internal) behind a panic, and the specific provocation behind arage - and how their onset speed (build, surge, flare) confirms the read. We givespecial attention to the rejection-sensitive "spark" that can light either a rageor a meltdown, and how to map

Is There a Target? Does Your Anger Have a Target Aug 3, 2026 1088 If you take one tool from this whole series,take this one: is there a target? In this episode we unpack the single sharpestquestion for telling rage from the other two. Rage points at a grievance - aperson, a situation, sometimes yourself. Meltdown and panic don't. We cover how tofind the real target, why a meltdown can look aimed when it isn't, and Eli's storyof learning that most of his "anger

Overwhelm, Fear, Or Anger: Three Engines of Meltdown Panic and Rage Aug 3, 2026 804 Tell Them Apart - Book Series 7 of 8. Meltdown, panic, and rage aren't three flavorsof one problem - they're three different engines. In this episode we go one levelunder the surface to the drivers: overwhelm, fear, and anger. You'll learn to feelwhich one is running by its core note - "too much," "I'm in danger," or "how darethey" - and why each needs a completely different response. Plus Devi's

What Drives Meltdown Panic and Rage: Three Ways To Lose Control Aug 3, 2026 1264 Three people lose control in the same kitchenon the same evening - one yelling, one shaking and crying, one slamming a cupboard.From across the room they look the same. They're not. In this episode we meet thethree states properly: meltdown (overwhelm with no target), panic (a false dangeralarm), and rage (anger aimed at a real grievance). The key move that runs throughthe whole series: stop readi

Is It Meltdown Panic or Rage: When You Lose Control, But Why? Aug 3, 2026 1017 It happened again - you lost control, and nowyou're turning it over, asking what that even was. A meltdown? A panic attack? Orwere you, this time, just plain angry? This opening episode sets up the wholeseries: three states that look identical from the outside but run on completelydifferent engines, and why naming the wrong one hurts you in two oppositedirections. You'll meet the book's simple met

Meltdown, Panic, or Rage?: Neurodivergent Adult's Guide to Telling Apart Three Ways of Losing Contro

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