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Burnout

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Hi all,

I’ve a late diagnosis of ASD in my 50’s. I’m experiencing incredible stress atm (brought on by myself, business expansion and moving home etc etc). This has started to trigger weird meltdowns I’ve not had for decades and even then only major rows with loved ones would trigger meltdowns (at the time I didn’t know what they were) and took weeks to feel back to normal. 


I’ve not been returning to normal for months now which means I’m getting more meltdowns and intense feelings of being overwhelmed. I’ve been reading about autism burnout, is it like executive burnout; by this I mean I can keep slogging through and spend time at a later date recovering……or am I risking long term non recoverable burnout?  

it’s unpleasant for me atm but I imagine my loved ones think I’m losing the plot. Tia  

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  • Over the last couple of years I've been experiencing a lot of stress and some meltdowns (including one where I flipped and smashe dup a woodwork project I had been working on in frustration). I have quite a stressful job and am also nearly finished a qualification that I've been studying for years for and it's all getting a bit too much. I put myself under a lot of pressure to get my exams finished and out the way so I can go back to 'normal' (i.e. reclaim 10+ hours per week to pursue my hobbies and downtime, and take annual leave to relax and do stuff rather than to cram for exams). 

    At work I feel completely useless at the moment - no motivation, complete brain fog and inability to make decisions or even just do the basic tasks I've written on my post-it note at the start of the day. Worryingly my memory and attention to detail are not what they used to be and that makes me concerned as well. I've got 3 more weeks until my exam (and then 6 more to wait for results) so I'm hoping that with a bit of time off to recover and the weight of exams off my shoulders (hopefully a bit of sunshine too) I might start to feel better.

    Something I think is increasing stress for me is lack of time for my hobbies. Aside from my flip out I mentioned earlier, I find woodworking a really relaxing hobby and I feel really 'recharged' by spending time in the workshop at the weekend - much more so than if I had spent it doing nothing. Are you aware of things that help you to relax and that you can try to prioritise? 

    I've also found that keeping a 'stress diary' has been helpful for me. Most of mine is work related - something goes wrong (mostly someone else making an error or not following processes and it ends up landing with me to go and sort out) and all my plans for the day go out the window. I kept a log of all these examples, and how much time I lost each time, then on a monthly basis I tried to group examples together and pick out 1 task or theme that I could either fix a process or go to a specific team to get them to resolve issues. It's hard to get this stuff going but it has helped to stop some of the most common issues from recurring, and kept me focused on the things I can control.

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  • Over the last couple of years I've been experiencing a lot of stress and some meltdowns (including one where I flipped and smashe dup a woodwork project I had been working on in frustration). I have quite a stressful job and am also nearly finished a qualification that I've been studying for years for and it's all getting a bit too much. I put myself under a lot of pressure to get my exams finished and out the way so I can go back to 'normal' (i.e. reclaim 10+ hours per week to pursue my hobbies and downtime, and take annual leave to relax and do stuff rather than to cram for exams). 

    At work I feel completely useless at the moment - no motivation, complete brain fog and inability to make decisions or even just do the basic tasks I've written on my post-it note at the start of the day. Worryingly my memory and attention to detail are not what they used to be and that makes me concerned as well. I've got 3 more weeks until my exam (and then 6 more to wait for results) so I'm hoping that with a bit of time off to recover and the weight of exams off my shoulders (hopefully a bit of sunshine too) I might start to feel better.

    Something I think is increasing stress for me is lack of time for my hobbies. Aside from my flip out I mentioned earlier, I find woodworking a really relaxing hobby and I feel really 'recharged' by spending time in the workshop at the weekend - much more so than if I had spent it doing nothing. Are you aware of things that help you to relax and that you can try to prioritise? 

    I've also found that keeping a 'stress diary' has been helpful for me. Most of mine is work related - something goes wrong (mostly someone else making an error or not following processes and it ends up landing with me to go and sort out) and all my plans for the day go out the window. I kept a log of all these examples, and how much time I lost each time, then on a monthly basis I tried to group examples together and pick out 1 task or theme that I could either fix a process or go to a specific team to get them to resolve issues. It's hard to get this stuff going but it has helped to stop some of the most common issues from recurring, and kept me focused on the things I can control.

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