Published on 12, July, 2020
Hi,
I was diagnosed late last year at the age of 27. I’m struggling with what feels like a constant burnout! I just feel like I need someone to talk to who understands what I’m going through :/
Allie🖤 said:with what feels like a constant burnout!
I had 9-12 months of being under a rock (no external interactions, PLENTY of self loathing, NOTHING achieved except aging)......followed by about 5 years of VERY slow recovery back to some vague sense of functionality and reconnection back with the world.
If your burnout is like mine was....then TIME is the big healer...and not much else. My recovery started with taking a walk everyday....I built from there.
Yeah, I’ve heard that burnout can last for years in some cases! It’s just very scary :( I already feel like I’m lacking behind in life and this makes me feel so helpless
That’s fair :) I’ll send you a message!
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I just don’t know how to recover! I feel helpless
Yea.....I can imagine so. I had no one to talk to and had no clue what was going on.....it was before I realised I was autistic! That was the only good thing to come out of my hellish burnout....it was instrumental to enabling me to accept and realise I was autistic.
haha! I will definitely try that. But yeah I already feel quite comfortable here, it’s nice to have people to talk to :)
Your head will play all manner of tricks on you mate. Don't be too quick to trust your own thoughts and feelings.
Handy hint.....When I started to feel very hopeless about myself, I was able (eventually) to start laughing at myself and my own predicament. It was such a relief to laugh....full stop. The fact that it was only myself that was "funny" enough to prompt that laughter.....somehow made it EVEN funnier.
No magic fixes.......but hang around in this place for a while.....us other nutters can probably keep you sane(ish)