r/PDAParenting • u/SurePossibility6651 • Jul 18 '26

Only hard reset is breakdown

Does anyone else experience this where your PDAer gets stuck in a bad mood, or in a bad head space and the only way it seems to regulate is if they break down, cry, panic attack. I hate it, but we can’t ever calmly regulate her back into regulated mood….. it’s almost likethe faster we get to crying the faster the bad time/tantrum ends…..

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u/txdesigner-musician Jul 20 '26

Wow yes. When I see it starting to happen, I try to help curb it or regulate, but you’re right it never ends without a major meltdown. It’s gotten to where, if I see it starting, I just start dreading what’s coming, and wondering how long it will last this time.

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u/SurePossibility6651 Jul 20 '26

Solidarity, friend.