Burnout

Re-grounding and connecting with the simple things. Making sure I tend to physical needs first. Resting to music (or a metronome which I find strangely soothing) helps.

Making work aware and distancing myself from non-essential things, or things liable to cause me additional stress.

Limiting activities that are draining.

Re-tuning to my emotions (Acceptance Commitment therapy helps with this).

Try and find something I can get absorbed in- otherwise I have a very overactive mind, even though I feel physically exhausted. 

I revisit the interests of my childhood.

A few weeks of that sees an improvement in me. 

I’ve found it very beneficial to be very honest with people around me. Make it clear what I feel; what I need and what I don’t need. Brutal honesty is hard, but so was living with the masks.

SPAM

No problem. Thanks for your help!

something has come up gotta go 

Thanks!

Ah ok 

Considerations Around Transition Age
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Many adults report their first autistic burnout around transition age
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May be a particularly vulnerable time due to increase in expectations, number and
scope of life changes, and general stress of that developmental time
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Young people may not understand what is happening to them if it is their first
experience of autistic burnout

Strategies and Recommendations for
Families and Friends
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Reduced expectations
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Acceptance of the person even when they don’t “pass” for non autistic / acceptance
of autistic behavior
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Emotional support, empathic connections
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Direct support for instrumental activities of daily living
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Accommodations at work / school / community

Strategies and Recommendations for
Autistic People
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Time off from school, job, life
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Reduced self expectations
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Stimming, time with special interests
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Sensory and/or social withdrawal
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In general, time spent without the “mask”
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Passage of time; time to recover

i think u need to reduce the stress on yourself. my next replies consonant the recommendations from the pdf in this link

www.seattlechildrens.org/.../autism_206_raymaker_slides.pdf

Yes I volunteer too 

yes got u ..... u dont just study u volunteer somewhere dont u ?

Childhood studies with sen 

remind me what are u doing at university ?

I’m exhausted from the end of term and run down. I struggle with change in routine so I‘m thinking this is related as I’m not run down during the term. Would you consider this a burn out?

is this what u mean ?

Definition. ■ “Autistic burnout is a state of physical and mental fatigue, heightened stress, and diminished capacity to manage life skills, sensory input, and/or social interactions, which comes from years of being severely overtaxed by the strain of trying to live up to demands that are out of sync with our needs.”