Autistic burnout is deeper than fatigue—it’s systemic. As a Black autistic woman in advocacy, I share why I stepped away, how burnout affects us, and what sustainable activism looks like.
So many great points you made here - especially about delayed processing and what it feels like to be left to navigate one's emotions after the fact/incident. We aren't having this conversation nearly enough, and I'm afraid so many more of us are going through this without even realising until our bodies demand we listen and slow down. Thank you for sharing your experience here. 🤎
Thank you for this. You’re absolutely right, we don’t talk about delayed processing nearly enough, and the toll it takes when our bodies are forced to hold onto what our minds couldn’t fully process in the moment. So many of us only realize it when burnout or shutdown forces us to. Which is another reason autistic burnout is not the same as burnout its more disabling and harder to recover from something that healthcare rarely sees and its steeped in ptsd conplex. I appreciate you engaging with this and adding to the conversation. It needs to be heard. 🙏🏾
Thank you for sharing your story and validating our experiences.
I am so sorry Your trust was broken. You deserve so much better than that.
So many great points you made here - especially about delayed processing and what it feels like to be left to navigate one's emotions after the fact/incident. We aren't having this conversation nearly enough, and I'm afraid so many more of us are going through this without even realising until our bodies demand we listen and slow down. Thank you for sharing your experience here. 🤎
Thank you for this. You’re absolutely right, we don’t talk about delayed processing nearly enough, and the toll it takes when our bodies are forced to hold onto what our minds couldn’t fully process in the moment. So many of us only realize it when burnout or shutdown forces us to. Which is another reason autistic burnout is not the same as burnout its more disabling and harder to recover from something that healthcare rarely sees and its steeped in ptsd conplex. I appreciate you engaging with this and adding to the conversation. It needs to be heard. 🙏🏾