how do you tell someone "i'm not ignoring you i'm just disconnected from reality right now and the days are all blurred together and i feel completely apathetic towards everyone/everything around me so it's really hard for me to maintain a conversation" without saying that
Gotta say I love the skill loss aspect of autistic burn out. How do I explain to people I used to be so functional and now I’m useless and my nervous system is in constant fight or flight???
The neurodivergent urge to overexplain during a misunderstanding so nobody misunderstands you again only to accidentally create three brand-new misunderstandings in the process.
being neurodivergent is WILD because you can be deeply intelligent, deeply creative, and deeply capable..and still be unable to answer a simple email for 3 fucking days.