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RE: https://mastodon.social/@filmfreak75/117220333872087721
@autistics #ActuallyAutistic so i hit a wall shortly after the last post…
…doing the budget stuff Monday now
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Autistic burnout is different from regular burnout. Regular burnout, like work burnout or caregiver burnout, is a volume problem. Too much on your plate, for too long. And the fix follows logically from the cause: take things off your plate, rest, ease back in. That’s good advice. It works.
Autistic burnout isn’t a volume problem. It’s a mismatch problem. 1/3
#AutisticBurnout #BurnoutRecovery #Burnout #ActuallyAutistic
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RE: https://mastodon.social/@filmfreak75/117219488952818536
@autistics #ActuallyAutistic it's now 3.5 hours later and the orientation slides (only) are finally done
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Diary of an AuDHD Squirrel. Day 1043 , Saturday 05/09/2026
Saturday started a bit late at 07:30.
Breakfast & chores as usual then started to chase the last main bounty in Starfield.
Relaxing afternoon & then a fried chicken takeaway while watching the new Apple TV ‘Mayday’.
Final Thoughts.
Not a bad day today although I wish I had had the energy to actually do more!
Thank you to all those who are helping me on this journey, in a myriad different ways. I am thankful to each & every one of you! 🫂 🫶🐿️🖖
@autistics
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Good afternoon! I need help with my bills this month, including $30 for menstrual products ASAP!
I'm trying to raise $255 total- anything helps! 💕etrans: [email protected]
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@autistics #ActuallyAutistic the first day of the long weekend and what is my autistic ass doing…
...prepping materials for the board meeting next Friday, including:
(1) board orientation slide deck
(2) budget proposal packet
not sure how either of these squarely fall into my role as Secretary...
…but i do know that if left to their own devices…
…my fellow board members would either fuck it up or just not do it
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[P] Here's how I see it.
A "neurotypical" hiverarchian cultist (as all hiverarchians are cultists) is faced with the trolley problem: "Who's my cult in-group? Who's the evil out-group? What saves more/most/all of my in-group?"
A neurodivergent is faced with the trolley problem: "Which objectively causes the least harm and suffering, and is the most fair and ethical? Is there a better option?"
#psychology #actuallyautistic #politics #hiverarchiansaredumb #trolleyproblem
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Autistic burnout doesn’t need to be a mystery. It is understandable and predictable, and there are clear patterns.
The key is learning the signs of autistic burnout, understanding the differences between it and regular burnout, and taking steps specifically for the patterns YOU are experiencing and noticing.
Most importantly, it is NOT a personal failing. It is a stress condition. And that's real.
#AutisticBurnout #BurnoutRecovery #Burnout #ActuallyAutistic
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[P] I just look at this and... I'm so glad I have autism. It's a blessing. I'm a little sad because I recently saw a comedian do a skit about travelling to another reality where the majority is autistic, and it's a paradise. I mean, it would be. Swap "fitting in" for Universal acceptance of all dissimilarity, ethics, affective empathy, fairness, and morality. Of course that would be a paradise. There'd be no cults!
#psychology #actuallyautistic #cult #reformuk #hiverarchiansaredumb
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[P] I'll be honest, ever since I was young? I found "fitting in" to be creepy.
"I don't like that."
"You do, thogh. You said that only last week."
"There is no me, there's only the hive. The hive doesn't like that."Creepy! In order to "fit in," one must like what everyone else likes and never ask meaningful, sincere questions. Nigel Farage could convince all of his suppoeters to drink their own piss, if he felt like it.
#psychology #actuallyautistic #cult #reformuk #hiverarchiansaredumb
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[P] I genuinely believe that cults like Reform UK are all the evidence one needs that "fitting in" is a cancer that degrades the mind. There are days where I'm so happy I'm asocial (not antisocial or uncooperative, as disingenuous hiverarchians like to claim), it really does feel like a privilege to have autism. It feels like I won some kind of genetic lottery. I'm so pleased that I'll never have that toxic "fit in" drive.
#psychology #actuallyautistic #cult #reformuk #hiverarchiansaredumb
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Eigentlich war ich ja mega enttäuscht, dass ich zu Beginn des Urlaubs erstmal komplett gecrasht bin und dass die erste Woche genau gar nix und die zweite Woche nur wenig ging.
Trotzdem. Jetzt arbeite ich ja wieder, mit reduziertem Pensum, und merke, dass ich doch erholt und entlastet bin.
#actuallyAutisticIch bin wieder viel flexibler an den Rändern meiner Komfortzone, kann mehr verschiedene Musik hören, habe Lust mal andere Sachen zu essen, kann ziemlich spontan das Haus verlassen und zum Kiosk oder zum Briefkasten gehen (normalerweise braucht‘s dafür viel Planung), so Sachen halt. (1/2)
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I'm up to my nose in rubber ducks right now.
My prose writing gives some people a wrong impression. I function a few hours a day... at least for mind-intensive tasks like writing or otherwise creating.
So I'm a bit overwhelmed maintaining social media and actually trying to get my book out. My autobiographical frags from Autistic Noir are bringing a lot of public private comments my way.
I’m not doing you folks justice. At best you may be getting brief tossed off comments out of me.
Even as they mean a great deal to me. And several times have taken me in new unexpected directions.
I'm easily overwhelmed. I'm that guy in the movie who rarely comes out of his apartment. Rarely talks with another human. The guy the neighbors kinda giggle about.
So? I don't talk with too many folks. I mostly leave comments here and there. Short interchanges.
That's all.
I started writing in this adult autistic space in 2019. And i've always tried to work from the understanding that I can only. Represent my own experience. But there's certainly been a learning curve for me.
For the first couple of years, I put out my share of listicles and 7 Easy Steps to Being an Autistic kind of stuff. Trying to always maintain that these were tricks that worked for me and came out of my lived experience.
But as I talked with more and more adult autistics, I began to understand that all that work was perceived by some as ableist, even toxic positivity.
#ActuallyAutistic #Neurodivergent #Psychology #MentalHealth #ADHD
I had to think about that.
I realized the only real, true thing I had to offer was my life. Not as an exemplar. Just an exploration of one life.
In the hopes that many would feel seen. And others might see what needs seen.
Everything I've written over the last year or a little more has been based on that.
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RE: https://dair-community.social/@alex/117214704332337559
@alex @emilymbender This looks like it will interest the #ActuallyAutistic community.
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Diary of an AuDHD Squirrel. Day 1042 , Friday 04/09/2026
Friday started early it being a gym day.
An extra task was thrown into the early morning mix with a check on the late evening change of joint fitting on the hot water system. The original fitting turned out to still be weeping when I checked at around 20:30 last night so I had to delve into my plumbing spares & dig out a replacement - sometimes, not often, hoarding anything that doesn’t move away fast enuf pays off!
The gym session went quite well, although I am finding that I am unsure if I have done 2 or 3 sets on the weights … I’m working on the theory that, when in doubt, if my arms are killing me then I’m on the 3rd set!
Breakfast & chores followed then motivation fled & I ended up having a quiet day with very little achieved. I had planned on doing some more in the garage but I could not find a place to start. Such is life at the moment.
Pizza for tea with a another few eps of ‘Babylon 5’ they really do not make TV this good any more!
Final Thoughts.
Another week has passed in the blink of an eye. This year has fled past, although given all that has occurred I’m not sure that is such a bad thing!
Thank you to all those who are helping me on this journey, in a myriad different ways. I am thankful to each & every one of you! 🫂 🫶🐿️🖖
@autistics
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You’ve been doing everything "right." You've been resting, simplifying, pushing through, and it still isn’t enough. 𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙞𝙨 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙖 𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝙛𝙖𝙞𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜. The everyday advice you find across the internet was made for neurotypicals, not for us. 1/3
#AutisticBurnout #BurnoutRecovery #Burnout #ActuallyAutistic
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how do I make pathological demands like an allistic person?
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Good morning. I'm still trying to raise $275 for my bills this month. I especially need at least $30 for tampons and painkillers ASAP.
etrans: [email protected]
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How is it possible that some people (most people) form new romantic relationships so easily? For me personally, forming any kind of relationship is an impossible discipline. 😞
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Expedition 33 has made it to the Continent.
The expedition itself… has seen better days.
Live now with more Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 as Gustave and Lune make their way through the Spring Meadows.
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@autistics #ActuallyAutistic to showcase the “quality" and “faith in" the admins at work…
…i've been asked to finalize a business letter with a BCC and given explicit instructions to not include it in the final letter going out…
…i have over 25 years of experience (probably closer to just over 30) and worked with the requestor for over 7.5 years…
…but thinks i'm too stupid to know what to do without their express instruction…
…but this isn't infantilizing, it’s providing “clear instructions”
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Questions I get asked a lot as an AuDHD coach and advocate and, intensity warning, my blunt answer. -->
“How do I get out of burnout without changing much in my life?”
“How do I find friends without putting myself out there and risk getting hurt because I’ve been hurt too much and people are crap?”
“How do I know/get what I want, or make decisions, without rocking the boat for anyone?”