#actuallyautistic #autisticburnout

Are here parents, that are burnt out from their own children?
How do you deal?

I feel like I have scraped out my energy barrel so much for my kid that I tore up the bottom and am now hitting concrete...

Hey all,
Looks like I've gotten some new followers since my abrupt disappearance from social media. :blobconfused:
Kind of a lot has happened since I left.
Medical issues, training for a new position at work, and the fallout from my attempt to try to "put myself out there", have been so much fun.
Turns out my problem was most likely autistic burnout. Oh...yeah, I also got diagnosed with autism recently.

#ASD #Autism #AutisticBurnout

It's been a rough couple of weeks, but like lichen, I'm still here. Here's lichen glamming up a cork tree in northern Portugal.

#LichenSubscribe #AutisticBurnout

So after my third day home sick from work in two weeks, I think it's time to admit that I'm starting to burn out. My body and brain are rebelling. I need to somehow cut back on either school or work. I'm afraid of losing my job and dropping out again. #AutisticBurnout is deeply frustrating and I genuinely don't know how to build a life for myself that is sustainable. I can't seem to turn off the voice in my head calling me lazy. #ActuallyAutistic

So after my third day home sick from work in two weeks, I think it's time to admit that I'm starting to burn out. My body and brain are rebelling. I need to somehow cut back on either school or work. I'm afraid of losing my job and dropping out again. #AutisticBurnout is deeply frustrating and I genuinely don't know how to build a life for myself that is sustainable. I can't seem to turn off the voice in my head calling me lazy. #ActuallyAutistic

I recently saw a TikTok about the number of #ActuallyAutistic people who are unemployed (85%). The creator asks the 15% who remain employed how they do it, and the stitches are … bleak.

Here's what a day in the life of one of the remaining 15% (who's in #AutisticBurnout) looks like. I was on call today, but it was relatively chill. I literally just sat at my desk all day, then after I handed off the pager, curled up in a ball under a weighted blanket.

What can schools do to support children through autistic burnout?

It would be great if more schools & teachers were aware of this issue & what can be done.

Thanks, @autisticrealms
for this great article 💖

#education #schools #AutisticBurnout #Autism

https://www.autisticrealms.com/post/supporting-pupils-through-autistic-burnout-teacher-guide

What can schools do to support children through autistic burnout?

It would be great if more schools & teachers were aware of this issue & what can be done.

Thanks, @autisticrealms
for this great article 💖

#education #schools #AutisticBurnout #Autism

https://www.autisticrealms.com/post/supporting-pupils-through-autistic-burnout-teacher-guide

What can schools do to support children through autistic burnout?

It would be great if more schools & teachers were aware of this issue & what can be done.

Thanks, @autisticrealms
for this great article 💖

#education #schools #AutisticBurnout #Autism

https://www.autisticrealms.com/post/supporting-pupils-through-autistic-burnout-teacher-guide

What can schools do to support children through autistic burnout?

It would be great if more schools & teachers were aware of this issue & what can be done.

Thanks, @autisticrealms
for this great article 💖

#education #schools #AutisticBurnout #Autism

https://www.autisticrealms.com/post/supporting-pupils-through-autistic-burnout-teacher-guide

Despite knowing it was coming, I am not taking the news well. Deep in #AutisticBurnout, having the freedom to work from home is one of the few things helping hold me together. It's theoretically possible the accommodations process I've yet to start will let me continue working from home full-time, but I am not hopeful.

#autisticburnout is real

RT @zoejanebeasley@twitter.com

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I am exhausted by the ups and downs of poor mental health. Absolutely exhausted. The worst part might be that I “look/seem fine” to people. I am not fine. But this is my life, and not much is ever going to change. I do not look disabled, but holy shit I feel it.

#Autism #AutisticBurnout #OCD #Anxiety #CPTSD

#actuallyautistic #autisticburnout
I'm a late in life self id autistic / ADHD and working through a period of burn out. Shingles is my latest adventure.
It just occurred to me that I have lived most of my life in burnout. The difference last year and earlier this year was I not in burnout for once in my life, but then crashed hard after multiple stressors at work, home and health
Wondering if others have experienced this?

Was planning to do a "all the things I did in 2022, that I am proud of post" AND a "my hopes & plans for 2023 post".... but I'm learning that #AutisticBurnout needs to be acknowledged... It's ok to stop for a while.

So, a gentle day is a fitting way to start the year! 💜

#ActuallyAutistic
@actuallyautistic

We made it! We are home!

Yes, I cried when I got into the door. The kind of cry you cry when you can finally let go & relax & decide over your own life again, after you've heavily masked for days & held it together through all the triggers, slept poorly for a week & have peopled way too much.

Finally I am home. I am so ready for a shower & a big nap!

#ActuallyAutistic #AutisticBurnout #AutisticStruggles #AutisticJoy

@meshe

@actuallyautistic
I think I ran into #AutisticBurnout around November this year.
I had given my all to completing a major work project. Then picked up a virus, may or may not have been COVID. And tried to push on regardless. Then hit two weeks of major crises, including two close to me deaths.
Thanks for your lessons. I am working on similar things
One big break through for me was spending time doing something I really enjoy, with encouragement from my wife.
1/2

So, autistic burnout absolutely is a thing isn't it?

At 57, I've totted up in my head at least 12 significant instances in my life so far...
Not planning on a baker's dozen!

Trying to find better, and less hectic ways of being in this world.

Be kind to yourselves #ActuallyAutistic folx 💜
(Not seeking advice at this stage, just observing and passing on some love and solidarity)
#AutisticBurnout
@actuallyautistic

Ten hours of quality sleep last night. Got up, had breakfast and coffee. Two hours later, I’m on the couch, dozing off and on again. I think I’m going to need a lot more days like this to recover from #AutisticBurnout.

ok mastodon: point me at the corner of here talking about the overlaps around #AutisticBurnout #POTS #eds #mcas #ADHD #ActuallyAustistic #cptsd #somatics and #autonomicDysfunction