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Recovering from autistic burnout

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Hi there! 

I'm a 17 year old female who's just been diagnosed with autism a couple months back and I'm looking for some advice. Essentially, I'm in my final year of high school and I'm really struggling a lot with my Spanish class. Last year I was really good at Spanish but now I'm failing and I don't really know what to do. I have a meltdown every time I enter the class and a lot of the work just makes me feel totally out of my depth. To further this, it feels like no matter how much revision I do, nothing works which has kind of caused me to give up, stop revising and just try and take a rest because I genuinely am struggling so much. 

My main issue is thought that I'm burnt out. I feel tired all the time, I've lost motivation to do literally any work and my ability to speak fluently and do anything in Spanish has diminished almost completely. I was top of the class last year and now I'm struggling. I've talked to my teacher but it still ultimately all boils down to everything being my fault. But I'm so burnt out and so tired all the time that having the energy to do any more work is hard. I don't want to fail and I don't really know how to care for myself when reaching burnout like this so I was wondering if any of you had tips on dealing with procrastination and burnout?

Have a nice day :)

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  • I struggled a lot with languages at school because of the expectation of verbal communication. I know when I am stressed or overwhelmed then speech is the first ability to shut down.

    When you are burnt out and tired then speaking, especially in another language, requires a huge amount of effort. It's possible that's why your ability to speak fluently has diminished so much. I agree that a rest is a good idea and then maybe try and focus only on the written side of the work for a while.

    You're trying to process a relatively recent autism diagnosis at the same time, which is going to add to the pressure you are under. It's a shame your teacher can't be more understanding instead of blaming. You clearly need more support.

    Do you really want to continue with Spanish? Autists tend to be drawn more to our interests and you may have lost the motivation because your interests have changed. 

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  • I struggled a lot with languages at school because of the expectation of verbal communication. I know when I am stressed or overwhelmed then speech is the first ability to shut down.

    When you are burnt out and tired then speaking, especially in another language, requires a huge amount of effort. It's possible that's why your ability to speak fluently has diminished so much. I agree that a rest is a good idea and then maybe try and focus only on the written side of the work for a while.

    You're trying to process a relatively recent autism diagnosis at the same time, which is going to add to the pressure you are under. It's a shame your teacher can't be more understanding instead of blaming. You clearly need more support.

    Do you really want to continue with Spanish? Autists tend to be drawn more to our interests and you may have lost the motivation because your interests have changed. 

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