Why Autism & ADHD cause Tiredness (Neurodivergent Fatigue) #shortvideo #autism #adhd

[hfenring]

I am tired bloody. Everyone around me is telling me that I must continue working and be more productive and physically active. I'm exhausted both mentally and physically. I want justice!

[jenniferchase]

I don't know if I'm just tired of being tired and hearing someone say this is so reassuring but that just made me cry

[MouseRetirement]

Thanks to yours and other channels, today I made another important step. 2 years after diagnosis (autism/ADHD) today I had to go, yet again, to the hospital to get blood tests done, everytime I have a meltdown or shutdown in the next few days because it's an added trigger to add to others, and a big one at that. Today I asked the receptionist "under reasonable adjustment do you have a quieter place I can wait" and she walked me to a much quieter spot around the corner. She was kind. I said to her "wow that's the first time I've ever done that" I expected her to be grumpy about it and she said "it's no problem we have a duty of care" 😊 after so many negative interaction with that hospital it was such a refreshing change.

[ProvocativeSloth]

I'm absolutely knackered, mate.
Fried. Pickled. Wrecked.

[TealTurtleStudios]

I'm chronically tired. It takes a lot of recovery time to do the mostenial of tasks. 😢

[Cisntcritter]

Tired and cried about my schoolwork for most of my entire therapy session today- I forgot that I’m genuinely disabled by disability

[madylittler]

remember y'all, masking all day is exhausting! if you can, try to build yourself an environment where you don't have to mask and you'll be alot less tired at the end of the day.

[fatamsimth]

I wish i had known i was on the spectrum years ago. I totally agree with you. Unfortunately I've made more commitments than i can manage and now it feels like a prison of tasks Ill never keep up with.

[nitronixasd]

Tired? Google the word "exhausted" and my face appears! I know what I need to do but doing it is another thing. Ive been told to constrain my hours of work as I work when my brain works - yea all the time! Im having issues with "process" at the moment as while I remember everything like a polaroid many normies dont. Im grateful for your videos as I feel Im not the only one!

[JoJeromeMP]

I needed to hear this tonight. AuDHD and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. I got up today all jazzed to fix my bicycle, take a ride to the gym, do some adulting... and the fatigue just slammed me. Barely started diagnosing the bike and just, couldn't. It's so damn frustrating, depressing, demoralizing. And even people who claim to understand look at me like I'm just a lazy slug.

[sophiel]

Thank you for making these 💜 newly diagnosed AuDHD at age 30 here. Discovering a whole new world of self-understanding and self-compassion, and your content has been a big part of that.

[sj]

I sleep practically every afternoon for at least an hour or so because I’m so tired sometimes absolutely exhausted. I have just been told I maybe on the spectrum… and it’s highly possible I am!

[bonniepaora]

I have a theory that our ADHD symptoms are trying to protect us from our ADHD brains. If left up to our ADHD brains, we would literally never ever sleep or have a break. We would be up for days on end learning and hyperfixating and manic cleaning and doing all the many million things we want to be doing. Our ADHD symptoms force us to rest by putting us into ADHD paralysis. Our bodies and minds only have so much energy to exert, and only so much sensory input they can absorb, in a day. Our ADHD symptoms force us into shut downs to give us a break from all that. Our ADHD minds run a million miles an hour with ten different trains of thought running at once, that cant be sustained forever. Our ADHD symptoms force us to dissociate to basically put us in Do Not Disturb mode so we can have a break from all of that constant stimuli. Our ADHD brains are so constantly seeking stimuli that our ADHD symptoms will force us to rest and essentially meditate by making us unwilling to do anything but be

Since i have started thinking of it this way, my ADHD doesnt bother me so much and i have way more self compassion

Like instead of thinking "ugh i need to get up i havent moved in three hours and all I've done is play on my phone", i think "man i must have really needed a rest and some time to just blob out. When was the last time i just did nothing?" And chances are it was the last time my ADHD forced me to rest

[okay]

Her: “you need more rest”
Me: *watching this at 2:30 am* 😅

[matthewbaker]

Accepting and understanding your ebb and flow of energy is really important - brilliant video.

[mathelogical]

high functioning ADHD and autism and I am never tired.. I sleep like a baby when I do fall asleep but I have to be very tired before I go to bed because if I go to bed before I'm tired I will fall asleep much later trying to fall asleep so I purposely Tire myself out by stimulating my brain doing something that I need to focus a lot on like playing chess or interacting with people online stimulates your brain and things like that..

[donnellallan]

I am so tired. Today is just one of those days, where I pay myself on the back just for getting out of bed. Thank you for this encouraging reminder that I deserve to be loving to myself today. 💜

[dylancuthbert]

Yes sadly I'm always exhausted and sensory processing issues are really severe and nothing helps much with me sadly

[avgirlaustintx]

thank you for posting this. I was beating myself up this morning for oversleeping and just being lazy the past few days. I need to be more compassionate with myself.

[kinaocasio]

THIS but also add on top the joint/muscle fatigue from your body having to work double time just to make sure all your bones and organs stay where they're supposed to be becuase ya got hypermobility issues 🛌 life's painful and exhausting lol