Char

#ActuallyAutistic mother in a ND family. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Annibyniaeth ⚡️ Disabled 🖊 Writer 🤗 Over-sharer 🌱 Nature-lover IG @ charwrites.nd

[Char @charwrites_nd]

@CallananAndreae Absolutely all of this. And the performance of gratitude is beyond draining in itself. My least comfortable social dance.

[Char @charwrites_nd]

#AskingAutistics - does anyone find it too hard to accept help when deep in burnout?

‘Help’ always seems difficult to navigate when my precious little energy is focused on survival.

[Char @charwrites_nd]

@wynn_daybreak Yes! 😭 my grandma insists on making a 2 hour drive over once a week to do my dishes, bless her soul. But she never rinses them (despite my saying) and then I have to re-wash them all anyway because they taste overwhelmingly of soap 🙃

[Char @charwrites_nd]

@AutisticCallum_ @JKPAutism Congratulations, Callum! So beyond happy for you ❤️🙌

[Char @charwrites_nd]

@JakobRiis2 Absolutely 🙌 I’m very lucky to have an awesome therapist with our local Autism service, who has made the most incredible difference to my life. The only way she could be better is if she could magic me out of burnout. 😅 damn, I want a cat.

[Char @charwrites_nd]

@FoggyParent Definitely get that. 😔

[Char @charwrites_nd]

@trudyyyg I would absolutely assume that’s probably very much the case for a lot of us. Sadly 😞.

[Char @charwrites_nd]

@DoodleFrood So glad you’ve figured out what works for you! It can seem like endless work, all this learning, can’t it? (Well it does for me at least.) And thank you, I hope so too.

[Char @charwrites_nd]

@Andynwood79 I definitely understand that! The cycle is grim.

[Char @charwrites_nd]

I’m grateful to get any kind of care / rest / joy, but accessing them is hard; and the longevity of their positive effects is often swiftly culled by the daily demands of simply existing in a world not built for Autistic people - contributing to further burnout.

[Char @charwrites_nd]

I need help which offers more than a few hours of care or rest or joy, every once in a while, as although it’s lovely, it doesn’t go far into healing the cumulative effect of years of chronic exhaustion, bodily pain, masking, overstimulation and identity rot.

[Char @charwrites_nd]

@HammerUK9 It’s on paper, so pre-‘phones with notes apps’…? 🤔

[Black Autistics @BlackAutistics]

Question for Black Autistics - What are the most pressing concerns affecting your well-being?
#AutisticWhileBlack
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