Pretty tired of NT people hearing the word "burnout" and thinking they've had remotely similar experiences. Hopefully this compilation helps explain the extent of burnout we experience. It is not comparable. #ActuallyAutistic
#AutisticBurnoutIs smog. It's the thickest, blackest, deepest fog you can imagine. You can't see through it, but sometimes you write a note, throw it as hard as you can, hoping it gets out. Hoping someone reads it, tries to find you.
#AutisticBurnoutIs paralysis. It's being unable to sequence the steps to get out of bed. It's waking up and immediately becoming so overwhelmed by the fact that you're awake, that you freeze. You stay in bed for hours, entire days, trying to figure out how to get up.
#AutisticBurnoutIs forgetting to eat. For days. Or eating only fruit popsicles, protein bars, applesauce. It's not even knowing where to start, to make a sandwich. And not being hungry for one in the first place.
#AutisticBurnoutIs nonspeaking episodes, lasting hours, days, months. It's inability to communicate even the most basic ideas, thoughts, or needs.
#AutisticBurnoutIs Overwhelm. Complete and utter overwhelm, about everything, all of the time.
#AutisticBurnoutIs moldy dishes in the sink, wearing the same clothes for weeks, not brushing your teeth for a month.
#AutisticBurnoutIs pain. Lights are brighter, sounds louder. Light touch feeling like sandpaper on your skin. It's always being on the verge of a shutdown or meltdown.
#AutisticBurnoutIs loss. Losing time. Losing memories. Losing speech. Losing skills. Losing friends.
#AutisticBurnoutIs a new reality. It's knowing, deep down, that you'll never be the same.
Burnout and words:
https://twitter.com/sporadicspeaker/status/1443027124319920128
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