Comments on: Warning Signs of Autistic Burnout  https://www.autismchrysalis.com/2022/10/08/warning-signs-of-autistic-burnout/ Creating your autism-positive life Sat, 28 Feb 2026 05:03:32 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Heather Cook https://www.autismchrysalis.com/2022/10/08/warning-signs-of-autistic-burnout/#comment-193 Fri, 25 Aug 2023 13:35:59 +0000 https://www.autismchrysalis.com/?p=15952#comment-193 In reply to Heather Cook.

Yes, it is possible! (And it is sooo easy to focus on the negative).

]]> By: Heather Cook https://www.autismchrysalis.com/2022/10/08/warning-signs-of-autistic-burnout/#comment-192 Fri, 25 Aug 2023 13:32:59 +0000 https://www.autismchrysalis.com/?p=15952#comment-192 In reply to Reba Nelson.

I experienced seasonal burnouts at the end of every school year when I was in school. My body held it together until school was out and then, bam, I was down for a while.

I can’t speak to whether it’s a common experience to know that they are coming, but looking back I always had a sense that something was not OK, and that I couldn’t keep pushing, but I also couldn’t stop. Now things are different, but it’s taken a lot of work to get to this point.

]]> By: Reba Nelson https://www.autismchrysalis.com/2022/10/08/warning-signs-of-autistic-burnout/#comment-186 Thu, 24 Aug 2023 17:04:33 +0000 https://www.autismchrysalis.com/?p=15952#comment-186 That’s a good list for a very bad condition, experience, trip – whatever you want to call it. I really wish they had chosen another word because “burnout” is often applied to just getting tired and fed up with something and this condition is far more debilitating than that.
The one that struck me was regarding making sudden major life changes which may be a good thing because we are escaping from something deadly. Been there, done that. When I read that statement in the list I realized how often I had done that! I’m convinced that there is a mind within our minds that is bound and determined to make us SURVIVE whether we want to or not It’s not concerned about future success or neurotypical decision-making paradigms, just “getting rid of X is a requisite for your survival and you ARE going to survive NOW, whether you like it or not.” I wonder if it is possible to understand the way our brains go on autopilot and tame that feature enough to bring it under the control of logic/ wisdom without falling victim to its impulses?
Do you think most autistics sense when a “burnout” is imminent? I knew early this spring that I was in deep water and, sure enough, in August my old friend swam by like a Great White, jaws and all. And, finally, do other autistics experience any kind of seasonality to burnouts? Since I was 12 years old I have dreaded August.
Thanks for making your knowledge and experience available. It is very helpful!

]]> By: Sarah https://www.autismchrysalis.com/2022/10/08/warning-signs-of-autistic-burnout/#comment-88 Sun, 23 Oct 2022 15:49:30 +0000 https://www.autismchrysalis.com/?p=15952#comment-88 So helpful

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