Burnout recovery take two (three?)

[nonesensed]

Had to utterly disappear from the Internet and a number of events and hobbies to have the energy to complete my final work weeks, but now I've had a week of vacation time and am starting to feel human again, huzzah!

I've been extra bad at keeping up with DW, so anything posted after the start of June I'm still catching up on. But catch-up I shall 😊

My burnout got reeeeaaally bad (panic-attack-levels bad) but I'm recovering now that I'm off work and no longer in charge of hosting huge events. My plan for the rest of the year is to Chill The Fuck Out and take on 0 responsibilities outside of work, because I want to live past the age of 60...

On that note, I already feel much better 💖 I've had the energy to both finish playing Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (beautiful game, highly recommend!) and MANAGE TO WRITE SOMETHING AND POST IT!!!! I binged the TV adaptation of The Muderbot Diaries together with my sister yesterday and she gave me a story idea that I've now actually written 💜💜💜 (set in book canon; I'm also working on a TV-canon fic~)

Travel Notes (794 words) by Nonesensed
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Murderbot Diaries - Martha Wells
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Original Characters
Additional Tags: Humor, POV Outsider, Social Media, Chatlogs
Summary:

The consequences of Murderbot sharing media with bot-pilots all across the galaxy.

Comments

[shipperslist]

Ouch! I'm sorry you've been having a hard time. Burnouts sucks. :( Glad to hear you're feeling better!

My plan for the rest of the year is to Chill The Fuck Out and take on 0 responsibilities outside of work
This sounds like the perfect plan.

[nonesensed]

Burnout sucks, but thankfully I have family and friends who can help me take a break and recover 💗 Plan "Have A Chill Time" is a-go!

[scintilla10]

Oh god, burnout is awful, I'm so sorry! I'm glad you have time away from work now. <3

Murderbot, whee! :D

[nonesensed]

Burnout really, really sucks, but luckily I now have plenty of time to rest and am already feeling much better 💗

Huzzah for Murderbot! I'm working on a second fic set in TV-canon too - might not finish that one, but I'm sure having fun writing it 😊

[flamingsword]

Does anybody in your family have ADHD or autism? Bc panic attacks are not a standard feature of burnout, and I know we autistic folx do burnout differently, from the causes to the fixes. https://embrace-autism.com/burnout-vs-autistic-burnout/

Either way, I wish you a lot of games and things that are restful for your particular brain. Burnout is fucking awful.

[nonesensed]

Thank you for the well-wishes 💖 I am currently having a great summer with plenty of fun both already had and planned for the coming weeks 🥳 I hope your summer is going the way you want it too as well 💜

We do have ADHD in our family, but my sister got those genes while I inherited asthma and spine-problems instead. Good looking out, though! I have several friends who've sought out ADHD and/or autism evaluations as adults because of information from a friend, or Youtuber, or blog, so spearing awareness of how brains can vary in how they work is a great thing to do 😊

In my case it's more of a "anyone will have a panic attack under long and harsh enough pressure"-situation. Panic attacks definitely aren't the main symptom of burnout, buuuuut if you try to push through burnout long enough, your body will eventually very loudly tell you to Stop That. Burnout is absolutely fucking awful and I'm so glad I get the chance to rest up (and hopefully not have to experience it to this degree ever again).

[flamingsword]

I asked because in my experience, my sister and other relatives of ADHD and autistic folks have more undiagnosed clinical anxiety and thus a higher risk of panic attacks. My sister doesn’t have ADHD, but her kid does. You can still have the genes and not have them express as diagnosable neurodivergence for whatever reason. (Mostly because doctors will only diagnose people whose functioning is impacted to a degree that they personally consider a disease, when the neurodivergences themselves are a much broader spectrum that may or may not impact our ability to fit into a system that is hostile to our brains. The Medical Model of Disability has a lot to answer for. 🙄)

Anyway, let me get off that soapbox! 😅 Autism and ADHD culture are one of my old special interests, so I am at all times prepared to give a TED talk about them. Because brains are just Like That. I hope we get to hear more about your adventures in the coming weeks. I’m going to go ahead and subscribe to your journal, and I hope you have an excellent evening!

[nonesensed]

Yeah, it's very understandable why you asked. There is so much in that field that needs huge improvements, especially when it comes to "who gets what help and when". I have friends who are seeking assessments but have gotten no:s because they're adults with kids and full time employment who haven't had to be hospitalized yet 😑😑😑😑 To quote a meme: "The bar is in hell".

I'm lucky to have grown up with plenty of information about and acceptance of everyone's brains working on a number of spectrums, and I wish that was the case for more people. Thankfully, in my experience with co-workers and in contact with both friends and people I meet for assessments (I'm an SLP who mostly works with dyslexia and DLD, so I often refer people for neuropsychological assessments) the social model of disability is gaining ground, at least here in Sweden.

TED talks are always welcome on my blog 😊 As you probably can tell, I'm a very wordy person who loves to discuss things (both real life related and fictional), so I am delighted to read (and write 😁) long comments 💖 An excellent evening/day/afternoon/night to you as well!