Finally getting out of autistic burnout | what is it and how did I overcome it?

I'm in autistic burnout rn and I have a level 3 non-verbal son who depends on me and my family won't accept my autism diagnosis so I have no support. It's been incredibly difficult.

Most won’t know how debilitating it is being autistic and the reason is bc we hide it so well until we don’t

Thank you

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Got out of high school, been in burnout ever since. It's been about 7 years. I think we're finally on the tail end of it though, things are actually, gradually, getting better.

Thanks so much for this video! I think this just described what has torn my life down these past 5/6 years! Now I can get help from the people that can help me!

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Thank you so much for this video. I've been exhausted for ages, despite getting sleep, eating well, quitting my stressful job (which pushed me into "regular" burnout before) etc. I already had the feeling that there must be things finally coming out now, keeping my head too busy to rest. I'm pretty much incapable of being relaxed for longer than a supervised breathing exercise. I could never put a finger of what exactly was going on, and why I was feeling so down when on paper, my life was going pretty well.
I finally managed to reach out to my doctor and admit that there must be something psychological going on, and the therapist took only one questionnaire and 2 sessions to figure out that I might be autistic. I cried when she said she'll have to refer me to someone else and I'll have to wait another 4 months, but I should finally get a proper diagnosis and fitting treatment. Even though my diagnosis hasn't officially been confirmed yet, so many things are making so much more sense now. Thank you again

Thank you so much for sharing all that you do. Im 65. Noone spoke about these things when i was young. I had children on the spectrum...i worked in special ed and still noone ever spoke about autism in any depth. I got in so much trouble once when one of my students said " im so weird. Am.i crazy?"...i said " you arent crazy. Youre learning to deal with autism. Youre doing pretty well."
I had no idea his parents did not want him to know he had autism...i did not get the memo.
Noone ever speaks of the burnout.

Thanks you so much for sharing all that ❤

To be really honest... I cried during this video, because i realize so much things on my whole life now that i know for my autism... That's hard but that's good too

I still dont know what im going through (i dont have a diagnosis) but this video was really relatable. Thank you, i really needed this. Hoping everything will get better for all of us struggling right now. <3

i had to change my life because of covid. my roommates moved away, i had to leave an apt i loved, i had to go full time at work, everything became harder and harder and i've been living in what i now know to be autistic burnout for over 3 years.

I needed this.

Morgan, this video was AMAZING! Thank you for sharing your experiences to help the rest of us dealing with autistic burnout in varying degrees. Your understanding, generosity & willingness to put yourself out there helps SO many people. I'm happy to see you have so many subscribers to the point you can earn a living helping yourself & others, what a blessing your channel is. Stay well & take all the rest you need! 🙏😊💤

This!!! I’m in autistic burnout right now. I’m struggling I’ve been in bed for days now.

Thank you for all of the content that you make. I just found your channel a few days ago and I've already watched multiple of your videos. I feel very seen and valid after watching them. I'm 33 years old and I was diagnosed with ASD earlier this year. My entire life is a history of Autistic Burnout, without even knowing it. I've been struggling to accept that I need to be nice to myself and that I am allowed to be nice to myself (I also have CPTSD, which makes things even harder). But this video and your other content have really helped me in accepting myself and it means a lot to me. Thank you again for the awesome content!

I connect so much with all of that.
Only difference is I take around one month to start to come back instead of a year

Okay! I promise to give things up! I’m at the point where I can almost not get out of bed anymore. I’m so exhausted. I’m dealing with frequent meltdowns. I have been repeatedly told to cut back and give up responsibilities. I chose some responsibilities to surrender but I couldn’t muster the courage to tell the people I had to break the responsibilities with. I know I don’t need to do so much. The only thing stopping me for at least two years is the social interaction of facing the people I have to “let down”. So I continue to suffer and it is just not rational. It is better to give up some things than end up completely dysfunctional. ❤

Oh, hello morgan!
You're so sweet and beautiful ❤❤❤may i please web-hug you?😢

Thanks for your video! It's very helpful they way it's structured, the risks, alerts to watch for and especially the "wait till you are fully fully recovered part" just in time to save me from a huge mistake. Thanks a lot again!

"my brain is not nice but that's what therapy is for"❤😂 Real.

I call it "soul crush". when I'm going through soul crush its exactly as it sounds. This video helped me so fricken much! thank you sweet pea

I hit "regular burnout" 2 years ago, was on sick leave for 2 years tried to work again and again and am now in a way worse state. I only recently realized that maybe that autism diagnosis I got at age 15 wasn't as out of left field as everyone kept telling me. A terrible therapist that I was involuntarily switched to dismissed my diagnosis and said I am a master manipulator and managed to trick everyone into thinking I was autistic cause Im "too normal". I basically ran on a broken leg for 6 years now and Im paying the price HEAVILY. Im not in the process of getting disability acommodations so I can continue working a normal job and be financially independent, but it's a mess. I am not even able to clean my apartment or just BE. My skin and nervous system feel like they're on fire and freezing at the same time, my body is doing all sorts of weird shit and I just cant deal. Your videos at least make me feel less alone, because nobody in my life currently knows anything about autism and still doesnt fully believe I have it

something i noticed (or more like could put into words) after getting dx’d is how i enjoy videos made by neurodivergent people because of how they don’t just stare into the camera but keep looking around… it gives me such comfort ❤

Currently what I need is to be able to move out. But I can't afford it. I've reduced my school load, and will be taking next semester off. I don't have a job - I received an interview offer, but it would be over the phone, and even though it's been around 2 weeks since I received the email, I just don't have the capacity to respond to it right now......plus some stress/trauma I have had NO say in whatsoever.........I really need to be able to move out.......

I thought it was just my thyroid, but now i think it was the thyroid plus burning out from undiagnosed autism meaning i didn't know how to manage things optimally.

Hi Morgan! I'm 19 and my therapist told me she suspected I was autistic when I was 17, and when I was 18 I was formally diagnosed with ASD by a psychiatrist. He said that I don't need any medication, but I do need occupational therapy. Have you received OT? If so, can you make a video on it? Because there's not much information on OT for autistic adults. And let alone autistic women. Love you Morgan!!!

"I am sure there are people in your life that you can lean on,".
That is the problem. There aren't. Sounds like you had an incredibly supportive family. I have housing and food security, basic bills paid for, and that is it. When I reach out for help, I get ignored or gaslit.
And crappy health insurance meant getting professional help, actually figuring out what was wrong (not just ASD and ADHD), what shattered my life, has taken about 9 years.
And so I am here complaining into the void.

I've given some of the responsibility of doing the vacuuming to a robovac. It can't get everything and I have to remember to empty the dust bin every week, but at least the floor doesn't feel gritty all the time. Best $300 I've ever spent.

This was really helpful!

I think your videos are the most cohesive videos I’ve seen! You talk the way my brain thinks! 😊❤

Thank you, you are doing good things by sharing this for other people to see :)

I’m going through this right now and I thought I knew a lot about myself, but I didn’t realize other people had gone through literally the exact same thing as me. This is so helpful, thank you for posting this.

Luckily for me I also had a previous burnout episode where I improved a lot of things. So I am starting out a lot higher than I was last time. It’s still frustrating the amount of time it’s taking but I’m much more able to accept it than I was last time. The fact that you were able to eventually make it out is also inspiring to me.

I watched a video on burnout by Justin Sung, and I was like that's not burnout you're describing, that's everyday life. Then he started talking about what it's like to burnout multiple times--how burnout comes faster and faster each time--and I realized that Autistic burnout is basically when you've experienced normal burnout so many times that less than a day's work leads to normal burnout--you literally can't do anything. It's like being burnt out on top of being burnt-out.

yayyy

what are your thoughts on autistic burnout vs possible misdiagnosis of chrono fatigue syndrome?

"I've rested! I've done it. Can I be done now?"
This.

Thank you!

Thanks!

Things I have given up: Makeup, fancy (uncomfortable) clothes and shoes, christmas cards, giving the '110%' at work, paying bills manually (autopay is amazing), some amount of house cleaning, micromanaging my kids, long hair. I added in exercise with my husband, which helped because I think it improved my sleep. Fixing sleep helps everything.

Now I’m curious as to why I hit autistic burnout at 15 (almost 16 and still burnt out)

the world is wrong, not you.

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Can't thank you enough! 💖

non autistic burnout is debilitating as well, it is not casual. People with severe burnout do have depression. It is a part of burnout. People with burnout can have severe psychosomatic symptoms like not beeing able to get out of bed, if they want to do sth. This is non autistic burnout, and it also can take years to overcome, if you stop working and first take care of yourself.

This video has me in tears because I now know that I am not a horrible, useless, subhuman creature.

Thank you.