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Autism burnout

Charlotte1975

I’m 50 and about to get my diagnosis. It’s been indicated I most definitely am and there’s no doubt in my mind I’m autistic, I’ve suspected for years I am. 

Up until a few weeks ago, I was managing life and masking. As I am now in menopause, my life has significantly been impacted. I enter dysregulation due to sensory overload, when there are any changes to my routine, or when something stressful happens. It’s awful. My world has become very small and I’m trying headphones and different strategies and trying to work out what I can and can’t do. 
My official diagnosis isn’t due until the end of March, and meanwhile I feel lost.  My GP agrees it sounds like burnout and I’m unable to work. There’s not much advice on how to recover and of course I’m worried about the future. 
Any help or advice would be really helpful. 

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  • Hi  

    I found my way to this site a few years ago under similar circumstances - you have my empathy.

    I have so far distilled an answer to your question as:

    To "survive burnout phoenix-style" means to recover and rise from it by first prioritizing rest and self-care, then setting realistic expectations and boundaries, seeking support from others, and finally reflecting on and reassessing your goals to rebuild a more balanced life that aligns with your values. This process takes time and involves self-reflection, reconnecting with passions, and celebrating small wins to find renewed joy and meaning.

    I suspect that you might be going through a total re-appraisal of your life and how you live it if your realisation of being autistic comes to you as it came to me and others.  I felt lost as heck, completely lost my sense of self and likewise worried about future.

    Personally I am at the stage of working out how not to respond to life from a perspective of being in "survival mode" for many years and how to emerge from it into something else.  This is tricky as one has to acknowledge an element of diasability in terms of how one lives in a neurotypical society and perhaps how vulnerable one is in context.  I find this personally hard as being at a low point to then realise that one might not be as capable in some areas as one might imagine can add insult to injury.

    What you can do and cannot do will perhaps rely upon developing a sense of where you personally are on almost a moment to moment basis of where you are in relationship to your Window of Tolerance - Autism Understood perhaps.  Perhaps you might have a look at that link and respond with if that makes any sense to you?

    best wishes

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  • Hi  

    I found my way to this site a few years ago under similar circumstances - you have my empathy.

    I have so far distilled an answer to your question as:

    To "survive burnout phoenix-style" means to recover and rise from it by first prioritizing rest and self-care, then setting realistic expectations and boundaries, seeking support from others, and finally reflecting on and reassessing your goals to rebuild a more balanced life that aligns with your values. This process takes time and involves self-reflection, reconnecting with passions, and celebrating small wins to find renewed joy and meaning.

    I suspect that you might be going through a total re-appraisal of your life and how you live it if your realisation of being autistic comes to you as it came to me and others.  I felt lost as heck, completely lost my sense of self and likewise worried about future.

    Personally I am at the stage of working out how not to respond to life from a perspective of being in "survival mode" for many years and how to emerge from it into something else.  This is tricky as one has to acknowledge an element of diasability in terms of how one lives in a neurotypical society and perhaps how vulnerable one is in context.  I find this personally hard as being at a low point to then realise that one might not be as capable in some areas as one might imagine can add insult to injury.

    What you can do and cannot do will perhaps rely upon developing a sense of where you personally are on almost a moment to moment basis of where you are in relationship to your Window of Tolerance - Autism Understood perhaps.  Perhaps you might have a look at that link and respond with if that makes any sense to you?

    best wishes

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