Published on 12, July, 2020
I'm realising at the moment just how severely burnt out I am. I'm exhausted. My brain can't function. My baseline has evaporated and I'm just in the floor mentally, doing way worse than normal. I've tried resting by playing video games, watching TV, YouTube, etc, but no matter what, I don't seem to gain energy back and recover. My tolerance for coping with day to day changes and sensory stimuli is really bad. Does anyone have advice for recovering from burn out? My brain just constantly feels on the go. Read from a page that autistic people don't ever truly recover from burn out, and I suppose I'm wondering if that's true.
Hello, welcome to your autistic community!
Burnout is a common experience in our autistic community, you are not alone.
Below I have posted a link to an autistic advocate who specialises in supporting other autistics through burnout:
Viv Dawes - Autistic Advocate
https://www.autisticadvocate.co.uk/
She has written a book specifically to help autistic adults recover from burnout.
I hope this helps!