levampyreDear fellow autistic or monotropic peers, I need your advice. I struggle with taking "me time", esp. in stressfull tides. How do you do it? How are you able to relax when you know you have unfinished business? How do you not feel guilty (?) thinking about all the chores you didn't do today? How do you drop tasks you or your loved ones depend on? And how do you give away responsibility, when it means that you also lose control over how things are done? @actuallyautistic #autism #monotropism
Sebastian Mangelsdorf@levampyre @actuallyautistic
I try to keep a list of what recovers my energy and have a timeslice every day for self care where i pick something from that list. Before i was able to get to that level i walked 10min a day in a sensory friendly area and focused on breathing. What broke the loop in the past was the idea that in order for my loved ones to be less burdened by me i need to take care of myself.