Genuine recovery for autistic burnout requires two things happening at once: 1) unlearning the old messaging and 2) building new ways of operating designed for an 𝙖𝙪𝙩𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙘 nervous system, instead of borrowed from a world that wasn’t built for you.

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The way I see it, sustainable recovery is just as much about unlearning ableist crap as it is about learning skills for a healthy Autistic life. 1/4

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The goal of recovering from autistic burnout isn’t to get back to that past version of yourself who could do more. The goal of recovery is becoming a new version of yourself 𝙬𝙝𝙤 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙙𝙤 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙨𝙪𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙮. 1/2

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Here's what most people in the online world won't tell you: recovering from autistic burnout is a long process. It may take years. 1/4

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How can autistics avoid burnout if we don’t always recognize it until it’s too late.

And are autistic leaders at greater risk?

Read it here to see where I landed:
stalides.substack.com/p/autistic-l...

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What a lot of people who end up in burnout go through is they work really, really hard for a long time and at doing all the things that they think are gonna make them happy. If you’re autistic, this is not just the job and power dynamics, but it’s also the masking.

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There is an order to the decline when you're experiencing autistic burnout. The first things to go are the optional things. Friendships. Social events. Hobbies. Creative projects. Replying to texts. 1/5

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Over the summer, I ran a workshop for autistic folks and those who support them called 𝘼𝙪𝙩𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙘 𝘽𝙪𝙧𝙣𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙀𝙭𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙙: 𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙄𝙩 𝙄𝙨, 𝙒𝙝𝙮 𝙄𝙩 𝙃𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙚𝙣𝙨, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝘼𝙘𝙩𝙪𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙃𝙚𝙡𝙥𝙨. 1/2

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Autistic burnout doesn’t need to be a mystery. It is understandable and predictable, and there are clear patterns. 1/2

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