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 (DIR) Post #B6qX25d2ySpVJQUHg0 by strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz
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       Neurodivergent burnout is fucking horrible.(1/?)#neurodivergence #burnout@autistics @actuallyadhd
       
 (DIR) Post #B6qX25qs93tA0IxKE4 by strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz
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       Imagine you suddenly notice you're hungry, and you know your kitchen has all the ingredients necessary to make a range of meals. But you find yourself unable to prepare one.Every time you start trying to decide what to make, you get lost in a dense thicket of contradictory thoughts. About what perishables in the fridge need eating and what could go with them. Or how long it's been since you ate some veges, or protein, or whatever. Or what you're hungry for.(2/?)@autistics @actuallyadhd
       
 (DIR) Post #B6qX2667EO58la5UzA by strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz
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       Some days you can't get out of bed except to make coffee or fill your water bottle. Other days you can go out and run errands, or do a demanding work-like activity. It's totally unpredictable, and one kind of day can spontaneously transform into the other.So planning doesn't work, and you can't be relied on for anything. But because you sometimes get a squirt of full capacity, people often judge the lack of capacity the rest of the time as a choice to be lazy.(3/?)@autistics @actuallyadhd
       
 (DIR) Post #B6qX26MQFl7ra9iWP2 by strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz
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       What you need to do to get out of burnout is the one thing our obsessively workaholic society doesn't went anyone to do, ever; drop everything and rest. Focus on the tasks necessary for day-to-day survival, and be compassionate with yourself when you can't even manage some of those.(4/?)@autistics @actuallyadhd
       
 (DIR) Post #B6qX2EFcuuRY3ObCvA by strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz
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       For those of us who are autistic *and* ADHD, this is where the conflicting needs of the 2 are at their most torturous.The burned out autistic nervous system needs to stop, do nothing, and avoid all stimulus, until it can return to a healthy baseline. But that's kryptonite for the ADHD brain, which needs autonomous activity and chosen stimulation to return to baseline.AuDHD burnout is fucking horrible. If I had enemies, I wouldn't wish it on any of them.(5/5)@autistics @actuallyadhd