Published on 12, July, 2020
Hey everyone, I was diagnosed with ASD at 29 only a couple of weeks ago, part of a two year long process.
Recently I've been juggling dating, work (still working from home) and having moved out of my parents and into a house with two friends. For the past few days I've been struggling with motivation. Even drawing or doing anything that's not just sitting there feels overwhelming. I used to go for a long walk and find a quiet beer garden to sit and draw with a drink for an hour or so but even that feels like an empty task.
I've felt burnt out before and I've had time off work but I generally thought it was just a term used in the tech industry.
What are some of the signs of "autistic burnout" especially in adults. Would love to get some clarification so I can start to piece together a kind of personal recovery / recharge plan.
My personal experiences with autistic burnout have involved me being put in an environment where I felt like I had to mask my struggles to the extent that the struggle is too much for me. When it got to that stage, it resulted in burnout where I completed just shutdown and couldn't go to school for some months until I recovered. Autistic burnout is basically autistic shutdown but after a long period of time of struggling and masking.