Published on 12, July, 2020
Yes it could be an autism thing and I doubt it's imaginary. Anxiety can actively cause literal stomach pain. IBS is common for us and that causes me plenty of stomach pain, but no doctor would find a cause in any bloods. Also when burned out I get…
How burned out are in the evenings? Can you be bothered with external socialising? Joining a nerd-club or doing a Meetup?
The problem is we often have a hard-limit on stress - we can't be coached into accepting more - it just burns us out. Some of us are able to handle more than others.
Part of having autism is accepting the limits it imposes on us. Half of our problem…
A very short prose from a song I heard.
"It's better to burn out, than to rust."
Advice on how to live life.
Hi moggsy - I'm a 53-year old burned-out male. I think it's very much an autie-thing to do the right thing.
I found this, which I thought was interesting. For a while, I think I've been treading an edge between managing and burning out.
I feel the same - wanting to run - but my compulsion to "do the right thing" overrides everything - so I just sit and burn out.
Yep - very tiring - I totally burned out and became very ill. I 'succeeded' in early life but at a very great cost later on.
I definately have burn out thanks for your kind words.I have a fantastic GP and Psychiatrist and i am sure when my big matters resolve I can't start too dry less about the small things.
It's one of those aspects of autism that I wish the professionals had been able to tell me about at my assessment. It seems to be so common, and has a huge impact on autistic people's lives, yet we're expected to work it out for ourselves, and there's…