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Tell me about your burnout recovery (crazypeople.online)
submitted 1 week ago by Arcanepotato@crazypeople.online to c/autism@lemmy.world
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I had been working really hard to plan my medical leave but whoops I couldn't stop crying last night so I decided I probably shouldn't go to work today so I guess it's starting early.

I have been working with an Occupational Therapist to help plan accommodations for my return, but other than that...what do I do lol?

I would very much like to speed run 100% this thing and while I know it's not possible I'm probably going to try anyways 🤷‍♀️

If you've been on leave for autistic burnout I'd love to hear:

  1. What did you do with your time off?
  2. How did you know you were better?
  3. What do you wish someone told you about it?

Appreciate any replies, thanks!

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[–] Arcanepotato@crazypeople.online 2 points 1 week ago

My post was very much a tl;dr - it's been like 7 years since I started realizing something was wrong at work. I upped and left a really good job for something simpler, somehow ended up in the same role a year later (LMAO) but somewhere that made me yearn for the problems of the previous job. ADHD "diagnosis" 3 years ago (GP gave me meds), autism/ADHD diagnosis via assessment process last year.

Vaugeness was less of an issue at the old job because roles and responsibilities were more clearly defined. Here they are not, and the scope of my responsibility is so much more.

Just mentioning that it's been a hell of a journey, mostly so others who read it won't beat themselves up for taking long to figure it out.