What Autistic Burnout Feels Like - Top Signs (Part 1)

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[littlenanuk]

I am undiagnosed. I'm working on getting diagnosed. I believe I was experiencing a burnout/meltdown after traveling alone to and from overseas. My dad said I was "throwing a tantrum." Over the years, I've tried showing him videos about autism in women/girls. I've tried talking to him about this but he ignores me. I was clearly having a meltdown due to being in burnout mode. I choose to distance myself from him now.

[rachelnelson]

My sons diagnosis has shed a lot of light on other people in my family, me included.

[blazepile]

Being in middle school and high school without proper accomodations is one of the worst things possible for an autistic child. You have no chance to get yourself out of burnout, leading to a build up that takes years of recovery and therapy to undo if you live through it

[ellaboobella]

recently diagnosed adult, and I thought i was just 'crazy' because i get where i can't find words, where even trying to respond to someone is nearly impossible. Now that I know what it is I try my best to advocate for myself, though my husband makes that incredibly difficult. I get down to begging him to stop talking, don't ask me any questions. I can't even get the words out "I can't think or talk right now."

Thank you for covering this. I'm starting to overcome imposter syndrome and feeling like a crazy person for all of this.

[WorthlessDeadEnd]

One day, several years ago, I was freaking out about something trivial. I was already irritated by other things that I don't even remember at the time. I was sitting in my office chair at home when the phone suddenly rang, and I went to DEFCON 1. I screamed the most angry, unintelligible, demonic roar like a madman for several seconds. Both of my arms were just hammering downward at the air as if I were a two year old. I raised my blood pressure to a near fainting level. I just sat in my chair and *_screamed_* at nothing, looking upward into nothing. I just wanted to be left alone, and for things to go right. It took all the willpower I had in my being to not break anything or attack myself. I just sat there and screamed at nothing because I was so powerless, things were going wrong, and I hated that I was powerless to change anything.

[jobisselle]

I'm loving the clarity honesty and humour with which Orion shares such invaluable information ❤

[Rightchickenwing]

Well said mate 🤛🤛 I can definitely detect when I get in fight or flight, it doesn't take a lot 😅

[catlapandagirl]

Right on Orion! Especially not finding the words!!

[LisaCapron]

I am so right there. I work as a professor of nursing. I’m totally fine with the dean giving me necessary feedback. But she constantly tries to rewrite my behaviors (which are almost always due to inconsistent and unexplained expectations or simply needing to learn how to do something or needing practice) into these complex emotional paradigms. Like “I know we all just want the students to like us” and my brain fixated on that part because no, I don’t care about that, I want the students to know that I care about them and their education. She doesn’t see the difference there and I’m exhausted and just want her to give me concrete lists of “do this” and “don’t do this”.

[raven]

I had about 3 months where I had to use ear plugs because I was hearing people's sub bass speakers. Even across the river in town. Was bothered when the train idled, too. It all was very painful. That's settled down now. The train sounds beautiful again. Sensory issues can really be Hell.

[carldalsasso]

I don't want to be "that guy"... In my circle they act like I'm looking for excuses 😅 but I kinda feel the need to understand my challenges without feeling like im looking for an excuse 🙁

[KarenDUlrich]

Overwhelm, meltdown, burnout also causes memory lapses I have discovered. It is interaction with others that I discovered memory gaps.

[plantstho]

I can't tell if I'm on the spectrum or not. I don't really stim. But my brain is definitely different. Last job I lost I had to stay in bed for about 2 months. I've given up on relationships because nobody gets me.

[charlottewolery]

Well that explains the last 19 years of my life.

[ZanyCat]

My life just feels like a constant cycle of burnouts and meltdowns...

[imajenn]

I CAN'T sleep. Pretty sure I am in burnout... but the sleep thing happened to me 20 yago in college.
IDK if this is 'normal'. Its not anxiety or racing thoughts. I feel exhausted, but closing my eyes feel like I havent really closed them.

[ComplicatedSimplicite]

But how do you get out? I’m a stay at home homeschooling mom who is literally with my kids 24 hours a day 7 days a week …. Literally!!! My oldest child is 15 and has never even stayed the night with her own grandmother!! So I’m never alone and I’m so burned out! For the most part I can power through but when the anxiety strikes is when I start to loose it. My husband offers to stay home and let me go out and obviously my daughter is old enough to watch our youngest but going out does not feel like alone time to me. I want to stay in my house and let them go somewhere but my kids don’t want to go if I don’t go. 🤦‍♀️ and I feel terrible for making them go if they don’t want to. They want us to go as a family. How do I not drown? Being that I am a stay at home wife I do all the cleaning which I prefer bc I am extremely picky about cleaning, the laundry, all the school, and most of the cooking. I’m also a health nut and make my own bread and all those things (did I mention my anxiety was usually health related). Obviously I’m not willing to change much about my life but is there some hacks I can try or something along those lines?😬

[Weird_guy]

can it feel like a lack of mental energy when it comes to do anything and it all just feels to much?

[lauracofman]

Neurotypical people have burnout and emotional stress

[softcat]

Ignore it for long enough and it turns into mecfs