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Really struggling :(

chloes81

Hi guys I’m having a really really hard time at the moment

I’m undergoing diagnosis for Autism, I also have ADHD, fibromyalgia, a stomach problem, depression, anxiety IT GOES ON!

I’ve been off work with my asthma for 2 weeks - working from home for a week. As my my doctors note (work don’t really allow it)

I’m really really struggling with everything and I don’t know if it’s autism getting on top of me or just everything.

I woke up this morning and the thought of going to work had made me ball my eyes out for nearly a hour and nearly be sick because how much I’m cry, which then sets my asthma off!

It’s not that I don’t like my job, the job is okay I’ve been doing it from home it’s just the thought of going to work, leaving the house, being in an office with a load of people is literally making me have a breakdown and cry every morning.

I’ve told work I’m undergoing autism diagnosis and all the other issues I have but they don’t seem to understand.

I think I’m just going through a burnout but I have no idea what to do, I haven’t looked much into autism except the last year and I feel like it’s (I know it can’t) just getting worse and worse to the point I don’t even want to leave to go to work anymore it’s really effecting me.

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  • Phew yeah, that sounds rough, Chloe. I also have ASD/ADHD/anxiety/depression and a few years ago had a horrible spell of pneumonia/asthma. I can imagine the stress of work only exacerbates the stomach issues and fibromyalgia!

    Definitely check out the links  shared (especially Dr. Anna Neff’s work, she’s fantastic!) and like she said, talk to your GP. I’d also add that if things feel like they are getting worse, then there is the possibility that it will eventually get better. If it’s really burnout and you manage to resolve that, then things might get better to a point where work doesn’t feel quite as daunting. Burnout isn’t forever (even if it feels like it)!

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  • Phew yeah, that sounds rough, Chloe. I also have ASD/ADHD/anxiety/depression and a few years ago had a horrible spell of pneumonia/asthma. I can imagine the stress of work only exacerbates the stomach issues and fibromyalgia!

    Definitely check out the links  shared (especially Dr. Anna Neff’s work, she’s fantastic!) and like she said, talk to your GP. I’d also add that if things feel like they are getting worse, then there is the possibility that it will eventually get better. If it’s really burnout and you manage to resolve that, then things might get better to a point where work doesn’t feel quite as daunting. Burnout isn’t forever (even if it feels like it)!

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