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Recognising burnout symptoms in oneself and management strategies for late diagnosed aitism

Phased

Happily I see resources in the NAS that give tools for recognising and managing/preventing burnout and it is an increasing topic in a variety of media.

I have come across "spoon" counting.  Also "energy accounting" as means of exploring this.  The NAS have videos of young people on the latter.

Getting going again safely after burnout when late diagnosed is a bit of an "elephant in the room" going on my experience and other posts I've read.

I'm an "old dog" who is able to learn new tricks - just seems to take me longer. 

So, please,

Any older/late diagnosed autistic people out there with experience to share on this topic please?

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  • Phased said:
    Getting going again safely after burnout when late diagnosed is a bit of an "elephant in the room" going on my experience and other posts I've read.

    For me it is all about changing my mental approach to what I'm doing. 

    The first step is to pause, refocus and process the pain of the situation that lead to the burnout. This normally takes me about a week including some relaxation time to find some inner peace.

    The next step is to review where I am and where I want to be next - then I project plan how to get there and start working on the individual tasks to get there over the next month or two.

    Having a weekly recap on progress helps me find the positives in my progress and it motivates me to keep going.

    Meditation is a real life saver in these times as it helps shut down any anxiety spirals that start to form and lets me define the end of the "working day" part where I'm wokrking on my tasks and then switch into evening home time with my partner.

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  • Phased said:
    Getting going again safely after burnout when late diagnosed is a bit of an "elephant in the room" going on my experience and other posts I've read.

    For me it is all about changing my mental approach to what I'm doing. 

    The first step is to pause, refocus and process the pain of the situation that lead to the burnout. This normally takes me about a week including some relaxation time to find some inner peace.

    The next step is to review where I am and where I want to be next - then I project plan how to get there and start working on the individual tasks to get there over the next month or two.

    Having a weekly recap on progress helps me find the positives in my progress and it motivates me to keep going.

    Meditation is a real life saver in these times as it helps shut down any anxiety spirals that start to form and lets me define the end of the "working day" part where I'm wokrking on my tasks and then switch into evening home time with my partner.

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