Organizing my overwhelmed autistic brain to prevent burnout. It’s taking so much energy and I’m not done yet.

The reward: if I completely finish setting this up, I won’t feel guilty waiting until tomorrow to start any of it! :)

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Curiosity goes a long way in autistic burnout recovery. Asking yourself things like: 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘮𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦? 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥, 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭𝘴 𝘣𝘢𝘥, 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯, 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘪𝘳𝘤𝘶𝘮𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴? 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵’𝘴 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦? 𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘵 𝘨𝘦𝘵? 1/2

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Today we are starting the Beyond Autistic Burnout course with our first orientation call. It's not too late to join us. Learn more and enroll: buff.ly/NzhWgnU

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🧵Common warning signs of autistic burnout:

Either that it is coming soon, or that you’re in it.

Any individual may experience some of these, but probably never all of them.

In no particular order. -->

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As a person with AuDHD who has experienced burnout multiple times and is now eleven years burnout free, I’ve used these phrases to help me improve a number of different areas of my life: 1/5

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Frau und Hund sind über das Wochenende aus dem Haus. Ich genieße die Ruhe und die Zeit für mich. Und zum ersten Mal seit langem kann ich sie auch wieder genießen 😍 #AutisticBurnout

One really important tool during autistic burnout recovery is 𝙖 𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙛 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙖𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙞𝙣𝙣𝙚𝙧 𝙫𝙤𝙞𝙘𝙚. Being able to respond to yourself with compassion. Even when things go wrong, even when you make poor choices, even when you make reasonable choices and it all goes kablooey.

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Talking about adult autism diagnosis and all things autistic burnout!

With Dr. Chris Quarto of Adult Autism: A Spectrum of Uniqueness (Episode 49: Healing Autistic Burnout).

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Autistic burnout is the final straw. It's the most obvious, physical sign of things that have been going on below the surface for a long time.

So what is the root of the issue? Does any of this sound familiar? 1/10

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If you're interested in the Beyond Autistic Burnout course, and are also in what I call the deep depths of burnout, and you're asking yourself, "I’m so burned out, how will I even do another online course?" That is valid, and also, there's no pressure. --->

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Struggling with autistic burnout? Learn the critical secret to getting out for good in this video: buff.ly/MgEo3jo

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For Autistics in autistic burnout, recovery requires 𝙣𝙚𝙬 𝙨𝙠𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙨, not more pushing through. That would perpetuate the cycle into another burnout. But it is entirely possible to learn new skills even when it feels like you aren't able to right now. 1/2

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Here's a short description of how #AutisticBurnout starts.

It think it often comes from a piling up of external and internalized stresses for a long period of time, usually due to a lack of acceptance, or support, in how we as Autistics function, and think, and experience the world. 1/2

𝐀𝐝𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 is another skill that is necessary for recovering from autistic burnout. In my workshops and courses, I give frameworks, and share the method, but the 𝙙𝙚𝙩𝙖𝙞𝙡𝙨 are going to be different for all of us. 1/5

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As Autistics, we often learn at a very early age to simply numb our experiences, to numb the perceptions of how bad it really is. Or we fight the signals and everything feels like you’re battling the world constantly, all the time. 1/6

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Another invaluable skill to fully recover from autistic burnout is 𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙛 𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙪𝙣𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩. You can develop the skill of attuning to what your internal state is in the moment, of what your needs are, what your emotions are, what your desires are. 1/2

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I’m Heather, I’m Autistic and ADHD, and I know this burnout stuff so intimately because I’ve been through two major, life-halting burnouts, and a dozen smaller ones throughout my life. 1/11

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Autistic burnout isn't the problem, it's the solution.

It's the major wake up call, the kick in the ass, the hit the wall, rock bottom moment that will get you to actually finally fix the things in your life that don't work, that haven't been working for a long time. 1/5

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Trying new things is uncomfortable, but it is 𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙖𝙡 when you're recovering from autistic burnout. 1/4

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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

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