It's okay to start with the less bad option.

When I was rebuilding after burnout, I wasn't starting from a place of thriving. I was starting from a place of "what can I actually do right now?" 1/3

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Measuring autistic burnout: A psychometric validation of the AASPIRE Autistic Burnout Measure in autistic adults. Autism, 30(1), 20-36. 2026.

Autistic people have described autistic burnout as an intense experience of physical, emotional, mental and social exhaustion impacting their ability to complete everyday tasks and contributing to poorer well-being. To identify and measure autistic burnout in practice and research, we need a self-report measure that gives accurate and consistent results.

The Autistic Burnout Measure was found to be reliable and valid. Autistic adults reporting greater autistic burnout also reported more camouflaging, autistic traits and greater general burnout, depression, and anxiety.

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/13623613251355255

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Your impulse to cut back on things has been spot on. But it matters what you're cutting back on.

Cutting back on work hours, without changing the actual conditions of your work, doesn't make as much difference as you'd hope. 1/3

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Since I’ve been more active in both coaching and autism advocacy, people have asked me lots of questions. But one of the ones I get most often is, “How do I get out of burnout without changing much in my life?” 1/3

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In #AutisticBurnout, your brain and nervous system are struggling to keep up with unreasonable demands, and have gone into a self protection mode.

Try to honor that, and give yourself compassion. 1/2

I didn't see the signs of my last two major burnouts until I was already deep in them. Or rather, looking back I saw the signs but didn't pay them heed.

I was too stuck in the thinking that I had to keep going to consider other possibilities.

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FYI, tomorrow is the last day for the early bird sign up bonus for my Autistic self-employment course.

Learn to build systems into your business that prevent burnout by design. It's not tips and tricks. Not "just rest more." It's real structure that creates the outcomes you want.

http://www.autismchrysalis.com/alchemy

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#AbendGedanken

Ich war heute Nachmittag mit einer lieben Kollegin in der Stadt zum Kaffeetrinken verabredet. Wirklich keine große Sache, nur ein bisschen Klönen, Updaten, Austausch in netter Umgebung.
Nach knapp eineinhalb Stunden haben wir uns verabschiedet, ich habe noch ein paar Sachen eingekauft - und habe es nur noch mit allergrößter Mühe nach Hause geschafft.
Und zuhause ging erstmal gar nichts mehr.

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