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  • oopsydazey [he/him, love/loves]
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    3 years ago

    I'm currently trying to recover from a very intense bout of autistic burnout from an overloaded college semester and I'm really struggling. It was such a difficult semester and even though I did well grade-wise, it literally broke me to keep up (it really hammered in how disabled I am when it comes to functioning in these settings). I feel like an empty shell of who I used to be before attending classes again. Even now after it's all over, I haven't been able to get back into doing things that make me truly happy. I want to create art and enjoy things again but I feel so tired, mindless, and numb all the time. This is also impacting my friendships, I feel so cut off from those I care about cause I can't keep up with messaging regularly anymore. I know only rest will help but I'm just frustrated and want to feel normal again yanno? I'm also really anxious about when the new semester starts in the next few weeks. I'll at least be significantly reducing my course load this time around but I just. know I need more time to recover and I'm plagued by the idea that I'm running out of time so it's very hard for me to focus on recovery at all.

    Any tips on coping with/managing autistic burnout? especially within a limited timeframe? I'm just so tired of feeling like this, any encouragement would be greatly appreciated. Thank you for creating a space for me to vent about this. >_<

    (also I'm new to hexbear and this space so I apologize if I'm not formatting this comment correctly, please let me know if I should've added a CW or anything!)

    • SpookyVanguard64 [he/him]M
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      3 years ago

      I'm not autistic, so I can't help you with managing your burnout unfortuately, but I do have ADHD and just finished up the last semester of my physics degree so I can definitely relate to what you're feeling. This last semester wasn't actually that bad tbh, but there was definitely a lot of work to be done, especially towards the end. Now that it's over it sorta feels like the day to day structure of my life has collapsed, and I'm struggling to do things (workout, take meds, engaging with people online, etc.) that I was easily doing during the semester.

      I'm not really good at encouragement, but I definitely am currently (and have been) in a similar place as you and I hope you can get better o7 :meow-hug:

      In terms of CW, your comment is fine without one. Your formating is also fine. AFAIK hexbear doesn't have any formatting rules, but of course it always helps to keep things readable and coherent (not that I think any mods on this site would remove a post or comment just for being completely incomprehensible lol).

      • oopsydazey [he/him, love/loves]
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        3 years ago

        Thank you for the reply you're so kind ;W; It's nice to be able to relate to one another in this, also congrats on finishing your degree that's amazing! I'm struggling with that loss of structure too, I hope we can try and create some type of helpful routine again soon. I'm wishing you well through the hard times!!

        And thank you for clarifying hexbear stuff for me as well, sometimes I just get anxious or worried about unsaid rules when I'm new to a site ahah ^^;