• Advice for tackling burn out?

    I'm realising at the moment just how severely burnt out I am. I'm exhausted. My brain can't function. My baseline has evaporated and I'm just in the floor mentally, doing way worse than normal. 

    I've tried resting by playing video games…

  • From Burn Out To Back Out and About

    Hello,

    I just wanted to post a positive message.Yesterday i had burn out I literally spent most of the day in bed.I realise that it is a privilege for me that I am at a stage in my life where I do not have commitments or financial pressures so if I need…

  • Burning Out

    My brain feels like it's smoking and on fire Fire 

    I've been doing a lot of charity work across the country, trying to raise money and support, including for Autism Spectrum and now I'm exhausted but I'm not finished yet and now my anxiety is on the rise…

  • RE: Burn out

    Hello ,

    Thank you for sharing this with the community. I'm sorry to hear that you're experiencing these feelings. Firstly, you may like to have a look at other community threads related to burn-out, which may highlight some useful advice that has…

  • RE: Burned out?

    Sounds like burn out to me.  It also sounds like the folk around you need some education around that.  I'm glad you are indulging your interests, it's one of the best ways to recover.  Set yourself a little alarm reminder or something to make sure…

  • Feeling overwhelmed and burn out

    So it has been a challenging few days. Really feeling the burnout at the moment and seeing some worrying warning signs in myself, things that my brain only does when I am getting unwell and really burned out so I know this is a bad one.

    I am stable and…

  • Seriously burned out

    My mind went into overdrive, last night, and I overused the mental energy.

    Today, I was numb throughout.

    Now, I simply installed Dropbox onto my MacBook; but it now apes Google Drive, synching the hard drive. It's been synching for over FOUR HOURS,…

  • studying, changing special interests, fatigue, burn out, alexithymia

    Hi, 

    tl;dr : I'm worried that my autism is at odds with my university degree course and my ability to finish it successfully.

    I've been at university for three years now but I only got an autism spectrum condition diagnosis a few weeks ago. What I…

  • HFA son A Level burn out- need options!

    Hello everyone,

    My 16 year old son has HFA and is studying for his A Levels in a mainstream sixth form college. He has always found it hard to be in school socially and is exhausted when he gets home, needing to sleep for hours and finding it hard to…

  • RE: Where to get support for a burned out 8 year old?

    You are so welcome! I am so glad I could help you.

    just getting new insights and perspectives is invaluable

    That’s great, I hope these new perspectives help your daughter and your family.

    You have definitely come to the right place…