Yes, I used to think that I was ambitious but really, knowing what I now know, I think that was actually part of a mask that I'd felt bounced into projecting for years and years, from my earliest schooldays onwards.  I needed to shake free of all that…

Yeah, it sucks. I only got diagnosed at 30, and spent many years trying desperately to be 'normal' when I was 18-30 and then I burned out bad and never fully recovered. I'm hoping to have enough spoons to be able to go through uni, and then my plan is…

Yeah - I'm sitting on the sofa feeling a bit burned out - been massively overstimulated this morning - heavy rush-hour traffic to get to early an blood test (yuck), then a meeting building control to have my project signed off as complete (mega-relief…

From my experience, I'd say the first thing to do is find a search engine and look for the Cambridge test. It will give you a good idea of how a diagnosis would go. If you are on the spectrum, it sounds like you are describing a burn out. It's common…

Welcome to the forum.

Although your daughter is a little younger, and some of the problems won't be exactly the same, I think you may find the thread at <this link> useful to read. The kind of burning out that you're seeing in your daughter…

I understand anxiety and burnout as two separate things, albeit if you're anxiety has been running at a high for a while it can lead to burnout and you can have them both together.  Same with depression.  They can co-occur, but they aren't the same…

I can relate to this- sadly i have no solution yet but you are not alone. I burn myself out very badly with this constant anxiety and worrying- it is so exhausting but so hard to stop. 

Yeah, I relate and I can only second what Abigail said, don't listen to them (your family) and get a good employment agency that will work with you and help you find something that works for you. This is not always easy but it's a damn site easier than…

I don't generally know when I'm masking but I know if I've been masking because afterwards at the end of the day I am utterly exhausted and overwhelmed. I need to rest, recharge the batteries, to recover and if I don't then I end up burning out.…