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how can you tell if you are suffering from burnout?
Good question.how can you tell if you are suffering from burnout?
I just feel drained emotionally and mentally in generalCan you narrow it down a little?
As far as a specific activity I'd imagine much of the symptoms of depression would apply.
I just feel drained emotionally and mentally in general
is it possible to burn out from trying to hard to blend in?Lots of people feel that way, at least some of the time. My first experience (45 years ago) with it was at university when I was taking too many courses. So overwork is a cause too. The counselor I went to right away told me to drop a couple of classes. Stressful busy occupations or keeping down two jobs is too much for many. So you need to look at that too. Since you have free time to come on here, I would doubt that that is it though.
is it possible to burn out from trying to hard to blend in?
Yes I have autism.And due to stress I've been having an increase in shutdowns...Had a meltdown a few days ago that ended in me unable to talk for a few hours.I wonder if this is due to burnoutI'm not a trained psychologist, but I think any fixation on anything could be unhealthy. As for blending in, some folks relish differences, so perhaps that's very much an individual thing.
You have autisn, if I remember right?
Yes I have autism.And due to stress I've been having an increase in shutdowns...Had a meltdown a few days ago that ended in me unable to talk for a few hours.I wonder if this is due to burnout
how can you tell if you are suffering from burnout?
There has been..I dislike high and low functioning terms for good reasons.The strengths of so-call low functioning people such as Amy Sequenzia are ignore while the struggles of so called high functioning people are ignored...More on that here: Functioning Labels I'm a verbal autistic who loses the ability to speak sometimes if you so need to label and categorize me.It might be. Have there been some huge changes in your life lately?
BTW, I quite like autistic people. It is harder depending on where they are on the spectrum. You seem high functioning. You're on here communicating effectively, aren't you?
(I have to go just now, but will be back later.)
It gets easier over time.is it possible to burn out from trying to hard to blend in?
Do I really want to do that?It gets easier over time.
Techniques to cope with normal folk become 2nd nature.
Eventually, you'll trick many neurotypicals into thinking you're one of them.
You will want the option.Do I really want to do that?
There has been..I dislike high and low functioning terms for good reasons.The strengths of so-call low functioning people such as Amy Sequenzia are ignore while the struggles of so called high functioning people are ignored...More on that here: Functioning Labels I'm a partly verbal autistic if you so need to label and categorize me.
It gets easier over time.
Techniques to cope with normal folk become 2nd nature.
Eventually, you'll trick many neurotypicals into thinking you're one of them.
Typical neurotypical talk.I suppose for one thing we don't go about calling people neurotypical. IMO, nobody's "normal". Most people have their special needs. Even people I like, you learn what triggers them and don't do it unless you're mad at them. We are all on a spectrum of human behavior of some sort.
There has been..I dislike high and low functioning terms for good reasons.The strengths of so-call low functioning people such as Amy Sequenzia are ignore while the struggles of so called high functioning people are ignored...More on that here: Functioning Labels I'm a verbal autistic who loses the ability to speak sometimes if you so need to label and categorize me.
I wouldn't see why anyone would treat me any different online. In fact I would not have mentioned it on this particular post until someone else did.Offline is another story. I have some sensory processing issues so that would be something to take into consideration. Also you would want to take into consideration the fact that my body language is different from most people along with the fact I don't make eye contact among other things. Then you would have to know that I stim a lot and to stop me from doing so (if it's not a harmful stim)would be harmful to me. You would also have to know if I don't talk to you especially after a meltdown or during a shutdown I might not be able to speak at that moment. Might not have the ability to call upon those resources.I have a question.
Online I see no reason to treat you differently from any other poster. In fact if you hadn't mentioned autism yourself, it would be irrelevant in whatever gets posted.
Should people treat you differently from any other poster. And, in person, are there do's and don'ts for neurotypical folks when they deal with people with autism.
Neurotypical people have their issues. I just learn how to deal with people as individuals. Applying labels to a person creates an artificial construct in a relationship of how you deal with an individual. At the sametime if you don't take into consideration the labels a person attaches to themself, they might get upset or offended. Still even this is individual, like I wouldn't treat all "liberals" the same.
So, online, IMO your autism is not relevant to how I would respond to your post. Should it be? And, in person, would this be different?