Feeling Unsettled - Familiar to anyone

So here's my situation - I'm selling my house and buying a new build, but I offered to sell mine before the new one was ready, and am going on a trip for 6 weeks in the gap between.

We exchanged contracts today and complete next week - I thought I'd been very organised with everything, started going through my things ages ago in the plan etc, and moving my stuff out into storage in two van moves, a week apart... 

However, I now feel a way that I don't think I've felt before. Difficult to explain, but I'll try ... It's like I'm vacant of emotion but then feel tearful throughout the day ... Feeling very unsettled and extremely unsure (although I'm not regretting anything, or wanting to change anything regarding the move and my choices). I'm quite miserable and can say that I have absolutely no excitement about my upcoming trip or my new house, which should be ready to move in to in about 2 months ... 

I don't think I've had autistic burnout before as an adult (now 46), and wondering if that could be it ??

For context - This whole move follows a period of great difficulty with work, spanning over about the last 7 years, which led to me retiring early. I'm moving to a different county for a 'new start', for reasons I won't bore everyone with, but it's what I felt I needed to do for about the last two years. 

This is also the first time that I've 'moved' a full house, if that makes sense. I really hope that I can cheer up or something before I go on my trip (which is Australia, New Zealand and Canada)

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  • I've experienced this. I think the vacant feeling is your brain trying to protect you. But sometimes the emotions bubble up it can't protect you any more and that's when you get the very emotional teary feelings. I might be wrong but that's how it seems when I feel that way.

    Moving house is a big deal. I sometimes find it helpful to try and write down how I'm feeling and categorise it. Adding solutions and schedules to the parts I can control then helps me feel better about it. But a level of anxiety and upset is very normal for a house move anyway, let alone when you're autistic.

  • Thanks. I've still so much to do before I go away in a week, but I'll see if I can note down some thoughts & feelings 

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