#toregroup

I should follow my own advice and take time out for mental health, but it’s difficult because I find it difficult to switch; something is often whirring around in my mind. It comes with having autism. But mental health is an important component of our beating heart.

Autism

Autism makes it difficult for me to take time out, to switch off. But it is important to take time out for mental health. Exhaustion or burnout can happen to anyone, with or without autism, but the nature of what autism is, can make fatigue or burnout more likely, due to sensory pressures through social situations and us trying to fit in and through sensory overload through autism.

Mental Health

But when you take time out, you give yourself time to rethink, to regroup, to think about your lives. Time out gives you time to think about where and if you need to make any changes. Taking time out is necessary. In a world that revolves around tech, time out is also necessary for emotional and spiritual growth.

Fatigue and burnout

It is essential for anyone dealing with fatigue or burnout, to manage their energy levels. For me, burnout comes through sensory overload, changes in my everyday routine, having to manage other people’s expectations of my mental and emotional disability, which can cause stress and anxiety and certain situations where I have to mask, or camouflage my autistic traits.

I shouldn’t have to fit in. The more disability is acceptable in society, the less fatigued we will be. For me, having to find a place to fit in, is mentally tiring.