ND adultsCN: Burnout

Recovering from autistic burnout — what actually helped you?

eli~

4d ago

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Six months into a hard one. Cut hours, started rest, started OT for sensory stuff. Looking for first-hand experiences of recovery beyond 'it gets better' — what concretely helped your nervous system come back online?

#burnout #recovery

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sam~

4d ago

Permission to be useless was the biggest. Like actually useless, not productive-useless. Year one was rest, year two was rebuilding, year three I'm starting to feel like myself again. There's no fast version.

aarti~

4d ago

Reduced screens at night, walks daily, no demand-leisure (no 'fun activities I should be doing'). Boring works.