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Autistic Inertia

Dawn

Just how do you get out of it? Functioning for work purposes but finding it very difficult to get going with anything else. This isn't good.

I've had this before, but it's never gone on like this. I do note that while the body is immobile and just about eats the brain is in overdrive on a lot if things I need to kick into action but the kick isn't there.

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  • Dawn, you speak very much of my life experience too.  I'd always been aware of some sort of cyclical boom/bust attitude to getting things done.  Seemed to work in a 6-7 year time loop.  As I got older, it got more and more difficult to "restart" myself.  Eventually, it seems that I haven't actually been able to "return" to where I was.  I've taken a sideways move....eventually....still making adjustments just to function "survivably"in the NT world.

    My advice, based on my experience = don't wait too long for things just to "right" themselves.  After my profound burnout, it simply didn't happen and I deeply regret waiting for so long to realise that I needed change, not just the "kick" that had always worked in the past.

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  • Dawn, you speak very much of my life experience too.  I'd always been aware of some sort of cyclical boom/bust attitude to getting things done.  Seemed to work in a 6-7 year time loop.  As I got older, it got more and more difficult to "restart" myself.  Eventually, it seems that I haven't actually been able to "return" to where I was.  I've taken a sideways move....eventually....still making adjustments just to function "survivably"in the NT world.

    My advice, based on my experience = don't wait too long for things just to "right" themselves.  After my profound burnout, it simply didn't happen and I deeply regret waiting for so long to realise that I needed change, not just the "kick" that had always worked in the past.

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