Published on 12, July, 2020
Defo needs sleep. No sleep will burn him out. He'll be shattered, weak and likely get sick cause the immune system weakens with lack of sleep. My mums got a sleep disorder and she's always sick because of this
I've been in exactly this situation as the autistic person. I was helping completely burned out by the level of contact with my partner, caused by the pandemic and him having to work from home and not see other friends. When he had an active social and…
Hi- thanks. I've basically dropped everything/ put on hold everything that I felt I could drop as I've had 0 energy and wanted to conserve any energy for essentials... Maybe I can cut down even more on work for my job the next days, though there are some…
It's hard to tell it could be many things, are you not enjoying your job?
Something personal happening in your life that's burning you out or causing higher than normal anxiety?
maybe something physical like anaemia? or bad diet?
I go and lie down too, where I'll be joined (or accompanied by) a nice small warm furry creature and about an hour and a half later if I am lucky (three if I'm particularly burned out) I will arise, and heeding the wise, wise, words of Maj General Charles…
I've found Unmasking Autism by Devon Price to be very useful. It's about autism first and foremost, but it has some exercises in it that are really similar to some that I've done in therapy, except that they're either about being autistic or approached…
Not just you. I find myself tired n lacking motivation all the time, been like this for a few years. Not sure if I'm burned out or over whelmed? Just feeling flat out all the time. No energy, no drive n no motivation.
I don't no what to suggest for…
Yeah - they can't grasp just how much the issues affect us - and we tend to be on best performance while socialising so they never get to see the huge toll it takes and just how burned out we are afterwards. It's a scaling problem - things that are…
It depends really, paragraph one generally as it's just nonsensical to me and when I try and confront the neighbors, they all have their 'reasons' for their actions. The second element is more because I am feeling tired and burn out so my…
I think subconsciously comparing myself to others, even other autistics, has not helped. I'm closer to accepting that I am my own person, because I've basically burned myself out with all the negative self talk and expecting such high standards.…