• RE: Successful autists

    We might *look* successful - but it comes at great cost - normally constant bullying and abuse until we burn out and lose it all later in life.

    Looking back, I would have been much better off on benefits without all the stress of trying so hard for so…

  • RE: My daughter, her beautiful brain and how school is causing her pain

    I have been through this with my daughter. She is now 18 and out of the school system. It sounds like your daughter is in burn out. She needs time to recover. I would keep her home and allow her the time to get better. No pressure or expectations from…

  • RE: Burst of energy followed by a crash

    Yes but in my case I’m bipolar as well as autistic. Is this just a one-off or does it happen a lot? Also do you think you are burned out because of the socialising you have been doing or because of all the other things you have been doing?

  • RE: Feeling alone

    Same here! I’m also a mum and wife. I take 1-2 hours of being absolutely alone everyday. Otherwise I would… I don’t know. For sure shut down and burn out. My husband also does not understand that. We need to take care of ourselves even if it does not…

  • RE: Newly diagnosed husband aged 51

    I don't know, I'm long term unemployed these days. I used to continue going to work (and the rest) whilst going through burnout and I got more burned out. Hopefully if/when I work again I will be able to spot and act on it better than I did in my past…

  • Pretending to be normal

    Does anyone else feel that they can pretend like they're normal for a short amount of time (and actually cope quite well like a regular person in the outside world) but after a couple of weeks the effort is too much and you crash and burn out and cant…

  • RE: Christmas Holidays - opportunity to rest will be squandered again. Ignore this post, it's just an insomnia induced rant.

    I understand this. I just posted about burning out. I slept from Xmas eve till boxing day. Since then it's at least 3am sleep time every night. Dreading being up for 8am work Tuesday. I don't always get insomnia but it'll hit and last for a week and I…

  • RE: Autism and ADHD combined

    I'm at the beginning of your journey with my daughter who sounds just like yourself,I hope you find the answers you're looking for and if I may ask how do you manage your burn outs as my daughter in the midst of something and hasn't left her room since…

  • RE: Adult life being dull

    hard disks get scratched or contaminated by dust. in solid state memory the circuits occasionally burn out. But with error correction and multiple backups you can keep data intact for basically as long as you want, still the most robust data recording…

  • RE: Exquisite Terrible Paradox

    Sorry - just read your bio.
    I burned out of work a couple of years ago. And now unblocked my passion for: my dog, daoism, non-dualism, consciousness science - and set a focus on nature and the environment. (Among many other other things)
    The more people…