How do you get going?

I thought it might be useful to have a discussion on how anyone has built themselves back up after long term life changing burnout. That being - being over the initial exhaustion and then living with the after effects on a daily basis.

How did you get going again? Did you make drastic changes to pursue more suitable endeavours or was it tweaking what is already there? How do you manage when your usual propensity is boom & bust - did you try to change this or simply accept it's part of your character? 

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  • The trouble is I never knew what I was experiencing as burnout as I didn't know I was autistic and didn't know the term.

    I'd once or twice wondered if I'd had a 'breakdown', which is probably a rather old-fashioned term now.

    I will think on this.

    Interesting question.

  • Debbie I too wasnt aware of burnout and then didn't understand what it meant, for quite a number of years....even when it was pointed out to me by someone who knows what they're talking about. I still don't fully understand it and am always amazed when I see people clearly state they are in burnout. It often takes me a long time to cotton on to myself. 

  • I still don't fully understand it and am always amazed when I see people clearly state they are in burnout. It often takes me a long time to cotton on to myself. 

    Me too.

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