Burnout Whirlpools
Stuck
In plain words
You have run on empty for years. Now things you used to do are too hard. Rest on its own does not fix it. The demands have to come down.
Autistic burnout is a state of physical and mental fatigue, heightened stress, and diminished capacity to manage life skills, sensory input, and/or social interactions, which comes from years of being severely overtaxed by the strain of trying to live up to demands that are out of sync with our needs.
Dora Raymaker — in their own words
What changes this
Lowering the demands that caused it. Burnout is manufactured by years of mismatch, so it is not cured by resilience training, and a return to the same conditions is a return to the whirlpool.
Where it is on the map
Area 15 of twenty, printed on the map as Burnout Whirlpools. It borders:
- Cyclones of Unmet Needs
- Shark Infested Waters of Neuronormativity and Behaviourism & Double Empathy Problems
- Meerkat Mounds