Audhd
The way I see it: Nervous system regulation is often reactionary.
Capacity building is much more preparatory.
Capacity building is much more preparatory.
Being (somewhat) self aware is a funny thing—sometimes I’m just sitting there watching myself fail, getting frustrated that I’m not doing anything about it yet not having the will power to change anything
These are fair questions, and ones that I hear a lot, from survivors of Autistic burnout and “regular” clinical burnout alike. No matter how profoundly drained and depressed a burned-out person might be (and no matter how much mistreatment got them to that point) they are usually desperate to return to their old, pre-burnout baseline as swiftly as... See more
Kelsey Hendricks
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When I’m swept up in a special interest, I feel alive. The concepts of “work-life” balance and “burnout” just don’t always translate to Autistic people’s schedules in the ways neurotypicals might expect. I’ve gotten intense burnout from periods of my life where I worked relatively little but socialized a lot, for example.
Devon Price • Unmasking Autism: Discovering the New Faces of Neurodiversity
Fun fact 6: When you talk to yourself out loud, your brain processes it like an external voice. Studies show self-directed speech can help cognitive control and emotional regulation by engaging auditory feedback loops.
That’s why verbalising thoughts can actually calm the limbic system: the emotional command centre.
Neurodivergent Geek Girlsubstack.com
Affirming care recognizes that urgency is not neutral for AuDHD nervous systems. Many AuDHD adults survived by relying on last-minute pressure to mobilize attention and energy. That strategy can work until burnout removes access to it. Once that happens, trying to force urgency back into place does not restore functioning. It deepens collapse.
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Audhd ~ urgency
Neurodivergent-affirming care for AuDHD burnout is not primarily an attitude shift. It is a structural shift. It treats burnout as a boundary rather than a breakdown. It treats capacity loss as information rather than failure. It treats masking as labor. It treats sensory safety as foundational. It refuses urgency as a solution. It recognizes... See more