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Being tired around people but once you get home you suddenly have energy?

Yael

Does it happen to anybody else that after a few hours at school/work you feel overwhelmed and tired but the second you part with the people around you, you suddenly regain your energy?

And how do you deal with it?

As someone that doesn't know any other autistic person I feel so weird when I try to explain this to someone and they don't understand.

  • This is me 100%. 

    I become so drained by being out or even at hoke but with a a few visitors. Once I've had a few hours alone though i feel energised, its not very helpful when i get a energy burst late at night. I try to explain this to people- i need time to decompress and then work through the energy i get afterwards, so i don't like being social or out late. 

    As a way to deal with it i have found setting boundaries with people about how late i stay or they stay at my house, so im not up really late. It's not always possible though. I know it's not for everyone, but i like to workout. I mostly do fun dance fit/hit videos on youtube to release the energy. After that i try to do something more calming, yoga or reading help me alot. I try to balance myself so i have a chance of getting to sleep at a decent time.

  • It is something I'm looking for solution as well. People don't want to acknowledge that I NEED time alone, and I feel better alone, and that I can do a little bit of socialising and everything more than that is straining at least. For now when I try to explain, after I made enough courage to do so I get: blinking as if they listened and they instantly forget after I finish, or they just ask why am I telling them that.