Hi I’m new here.
I’m autistic and have luckily got a job though anxiety and burnout have been affecting me for a while, long enough that it’s now started to affect my work-life. I work as a typist and my bosses are very understanding, they know about my diagnosis and have been supportive of that and my mental health but it’s a worry if they’ll continue to be supportive. I’m working from part-time from home but have been finding this just as exhausting and at times stressful.
Is the exhaustion to do with being autistic?
I’ve been suffering with this since I was at school and have found it to be worsening the older I’m getting. The exhaustion intensified after I got my job. For a couple of months I worked really well, getting tired throughout the day but coping. When I got in from work I would just collapse on my bed and sleep through to the next day. In November 24 I found I no longer had the energy to get through the day, I was too tired and have since had to work from home but even that is proving too much for me now.
My mum is so supportive and understanding of my autism, my dad not-so-much, he tries I think but can be very pressuring and that’s difficult to cope with. I heard from Lana – one of my bosses – this morning just checking up on me, I thought that was really nice of her just to check up. She hardly mentioned work and seemed to genuinely be asking after me. I still struggle to process when people are nice and want to offer support like that.
Sorry my point of this is to ask is there anything I can do to get over this exhaustion?
I have no skills or talents, my writing is literally all I can do and I was practically given this job straight away. If I lose it I don’t think I’ll find anything else, nothing I’m really good at and enjoy doing anyway.
But the exhaustion is crushing. I’ve been to the GP and they ran bloods looking for iron problems etc…Found nothing, all is well physically but nearly all the time I’m tired and feel one degree under.
Really need help on how to deal with this please.
