Is it burnout or is it a midlife crisis? -->
If you're wanting to make big changes in your life and worried that what you're calling a burnout is really a midlife crisis, here's how you can tell the difference: buff.ly/SJHHTNz

Is it burnout or is it a midlife crisis? -->
If you're wanting to make big changes in your life and worried that what you're calling a burnout is really a midlife crisis, here's how you can tell the difference: buff.ly/SJHHTNz
Whether you work with me, with someone else, or figure it out on your own, there is no version of autistic burnout recovery where you get to skip the deep work and just get handed a burnout-free life. But you don’t have to muddle through it on your own or do it without a map.
Maybe it's autistic Inertia.
Maybe it's autistic burnout.
Either way, things are just hard right now.
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The version of the person that comes out the other side of autistic burnout is someone who’s more themselves, not less.
Someone who’s more honest about what they need, more boundaries, and less willing to push through things that don’t work for them. 1/3
CW: Partical Gore, Disturbing Themes
Self-Portrait of a doll in sensory overload/ burnout
9/26/2026
#creepydoll #ventart #autisticburnout #videoart #aftereffects #disturbingart
May contain graphic violence
Most of the strategies for autistic burnout recovery I’ll be talking about, are going to be things you can do even when you don’t have large chunks of supported rest. I’ve had it both ways. 1/5
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The single most impactful thing that a supporter can do is to believe the person in burnout, and to say so not once, but repeatedly, in simple terms: “This is real. This makes sense. You’re not making it up.” 1/3
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In Beyond Autistic Burnout, the course where you learn a practical system for sustainable recovery from Autistic burnout and break the cycle so you never have to go through it again, we walk through these steps: --->
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For those of you in burnout: this is real. You’re not making it up, and you’re not exaggerating. This is a thing that thousands of people are going through. 𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙖𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙚, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙝𝙚𝙡𝙥. 1/3
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There's some common misconceptions around the causes of burnout, but I'd like to explain what's really going on.
Read more on my blog: buff.ly/7X76GOi
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When you don't have the energy or the words to explain autistic burnout to the people in your life, this free guide will do the explaining for you.
A question I've gotten around burnout: “Can spending too much time and energy on a special interest become exhausting and potentially worsen autistic burnout? It feels enjoyable, but it also takes up a lot of time and can be a bit exhausting.” 1/5
The 5 Stages of Autistic Burnout -->
1. The Narrowing - when burnout is approaching, but it could still be prevented, if identified early, and action is taken...
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There are five key, holistic, interrelated solutions specifically for the challenges that we face as Autistics and AuDHDers, especially when you've struggled for decades. They are --->
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Making the Beyond Autistic Burnout course has been hard, and took a long time. Part of that is because I had to systematize all of the experiences that I’ve had personally and that I’ve worked with other people about, and that just takes a lot of work to figure out. But also... 1/7
𝗔𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗸 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗰𝘆𝗰𝗹𝗲?
Learn the skills and techniques to get out of autistic burnout for good! Enrollment for Beyond Autistic Burnout is OPEN. 1/10
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Many of the things that would help a neurotypical person in burnout are the very things that cause autistic burnout in the first place. And that’s why the recovery path is also different.
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There are five stages of Autistic Burnout and Recovery. I go over all five in a workshop that you can access for free: buff.ly/zApJKdq
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If you're experiencing #AutisticBurnout and you want to recover, you're not asking for the Moon. You don’t 𝙖𝙗𝙨𝙤𝙡𝙪𝙩𝙚𝙡𝙮 𝙣𝙚𝙚𝙙 a pile of money and a team of silent, robotic servants to magically appear and take care of all your needs, forever, without any human interaction. -->
Spotting autistic burnout at back-to-school time! Check out my article for Lighthouse: Special Education News and Updates for NYC Parents. ✨ (Link in comments)
#autism #autismparents #nycparents #autisticburnout #autismacceptance