# autistic burnout (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 2 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover autistic burnout. Page: Feed: --- ## [I Need YOUR help keeping this blog going…](https://neurodivergentrebel.com/2026/08/21/i-need-your-help-keeping-this-blog-going/) _2026-08-21 · Lyric Holmans · Neurodivergent Rebel_ I’m running a fundraiser with these super-cute, limited-edition Neurodivergent Rebel hats. What do YOU need to be successful in the workplace? Autistic and other Neurodivergent people are more likely to be underemployed or unemployed. As an Autistic person, something I … ## [Autism, ADHD, and Autonomy – The One Thing Neurodivergent and Disabled People Need Most (That Keeps Getting Taken Away)](https://neurodivergentrebel.com/2026/08/18/autism-adhd-and-autonomy-the-one-thing-neurodivergent-and-disabled-people-need-most-that-keeps-getting-taken-away/) _2026-08-18 · Lyric Holmans · Neurodivergent Rebel_ Autonomy isn't about doing everything alone. It's about choosing who sits beside us. For NeuroDivergent and disabled people, that choice is often taken away, sometimes with the best intentions. Here's what happens when we aren't allowed to steer our own lives. ## [Autistic Burnout – The ‘Mystery Illness’ That Doctors Missed for 30 Years (And Why a Vacation Won’t Fix It)](https://neurodivergentrebel.com/2026/08/12/autistic-burnout-the-mystery-illness-that-doctors-missed-for-30-years-and-why-a-vacation-wont-fix-it/) _2026-08-12 · Lyric Holmans · Neurodivergent Rebel_ Autistic burnout is a topic that I know intimately, for multiple reasons. As an Autistic person who was not identified as such for most of my life, due to not knowing about my Autistic mind and the accompanying needs associated with my Autistic brain and nervous system, I spent most of my life cycling in and out of Autistic burnout. It was also Autistic burnout that, eventually, led to me finally… ## [Moving Is Hard When You Are Autistic](https://shitmypants.bearblog.dev/moving-is-hard-when-you-are-autistic/) _2026-08-12 · shitmypants · What If I Shit My Pants?_ Our lease is coming to an end, and after a bit of a rollercoaster of decision-making, we made the hard decision to move. Moving in general is exhausting and stressful, but add autism into the mix, and it feels like your whole world is being turned upside down. There isn't just a whole change of environment about to happen, but you have routine disruption and anticipation anxiety for weeks at a… ## [You Weren’t the Problem. The System Was. Here’s How I Know.](https://neurodivergentrebel.com/2026/08/11/you-werent-the-problem-the-system-was-heres-how-i-know/) _2026-08-11 · Lyric Holmans · Neurodivergent Rebel_ For most of my life, I believed, falsely, that I was inherently flawed and unworthy of compassion, kindness, and respect (from other people and from myself). It’s hard to say exactly when, where, and why this feeling of inadequacy started, because my memory is a bit wonky, and multiple events played into it. However, there are a few events in particular that do stand out to me. ## [The Sensory Hell No One Told Me About (And How It Almost Killed Me)](https://neurodivergentrebel.com/2026/08/03/the-sensory-hell-no-one-told-me-about-and-how-it-almost-killed-me/) _2026-08-03 · Lyric Holmans · Neurodivergent Rebel_ I had nearly 30 years of frequent and totally preventable migraines that left me sick in bed (multiple times a month and sometimes multiple days a week), or forcing myself to attend school and work (with disorientation so intense it was dangerous for me to be out on the road driving, but because I had to work to get paid I forced myself to drive anyway just like I'd been forced to go to school… ## [The Brother I Have, and the Brother I Never Had](https://shitmypants.bearblog.dev/the-brother-i-have-and-the-brother-i-never-had/) _2026-08-03 · shitmypants · What If I Shit My Pants?_ My brother is moving to the UK soon, and despite him being a real asshole the majority of the time... I’m really going to miss him. I keep having these flashbacks to the summer before sophomore year of high school, when my parents and I took him to the airport to start his adventure as a singer in a Christian singing group (lol this could be a whole other blog). He was flying out with his… ## [The Rage That Saved Me & The Pain Before the Pride: What Success Looks Like When You’re Late-Diagnosed – A Late Identified AuDHD (Autistic and ADHD) Story](https://neurodivergentrebel.com/2026/07/29/the-rage-that-saved-me-the-pain-before-the-pride-what-success-looks-like-when-youre-late-diagnosed-a-late-identified-audhd-autistic-and-adhd-story/) _2026-07-29 · Lyric Holmans · Neurodivergent Rebel_ There is a lot of talk in Neurodivergent spaces about how much relief late-identified Neurodivergent people find when they finally learn the truth about themselves. However, there’s not as much discussion on the pain and grief late identification can bring. Don’t get me wrong, being diagnosed Autistic (and then later ADHD) did bring me relief and was a critical turning point in my life. Yet, early… ## [How To Get Out of Freeze Mode](https://shitmypants.bearblog.dev/how-to-get-out-of-freeze-mode/) _2026-07-27 · shitmypants · What If I Shit My Pants?_ I can't keep count of how many times I go throughout my day thinking about how I can't wait to be done with work so I can come on here and write. I even come up with multiple things I want to write about, but then by the time I sit down in front of my computer screen, I end up: Checking social media and doomscrolling until my eyes hurt and I have convinced myself everything in life is pointless… ## [No One is Going to Save Me, But I Still Wish They Would.](https://shitmypants.bearblog.dev/no-one-is-going-to-save-me-but-i-still-wish-they-would/) _2026-07-22 · shitmypants · What If I Shit My Pants?_ I don’t think I have ever felt so lost and so stuck in life as I do right now. Things that once brought me hope or joy no longer do, and I am so fucking tired all of the damn time. I feel like I need like three months off of work to just rest and create without an obligation to be productive, but I have no way to make that happen. It drives you a special kind of crazy to know what you need, but… ## [Stream Torrents and IPTV Instantly (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/xkYdJm4CJdrl) _2026-07-22 · **Sponsored**_ Search, index, and play music, movies, books, and live TV in your browser. ## [The Cruelest Joke: When I Learned I Was Autistic and ADHD, I Realized That I Was Taught to Hate Myself for Being Exactly Who I Was Meant to Be.](https://neurodivergentrebel.com/2026/07/15/the-cruelest-joke-when-i-learned-i-was-autistic-and-adhd-i-realized-that-i-was-taught-to-hate-myself-for-being-exactly-who-i-was-meant-to-be/) _2026-07-15 · Lyric Holmans · Neurodivergent Rebel_ When I was diagnosed as Autistic, almost 10 years ago now, it was a big awakening and the beginning of a journey. ## [Back To Ketamine Therapy](https://shitmypants.bearblog.dev/back-to-ketamine-therapy/) _2026-07-15 · shitmypants · What If I Shit My Pants?_ My depression has really started to drag me down again lately. I get in these negative cycles of feeling hopeless and like everything is meaningless and pointless, and so far, the only thing that has helped me break out of these negative cycles is ketamine therapy. I can't say it is ideal because I actually hate how it makes me feel on the day of. When it is first administered, it is okay; I just… ## [Is It Physical Problem? Or a Willpower Problem?](https://shitmypants.bearblog.dev/is-it-physical-problem-or-a-willpower-problem/) _2026-07-14 · shitmypants · What If I Shit My Pants?_ I have been struggling hardcore lately with feeling like I will never get back to the old version of me. The version that showed up no matter what and pushed through, because... #noexcuses. Since being hospitalized for a spine infection last year, I haven't been the same. My back is still fucked up, and whenever I try to push myself, I end up in more pain and feeling more fatigued for days… ## [Get Autism, Identity and Me: A Practical Workbook to Empower Adults – ORDER NOW!](https://neurodivergentrebel.com/2026/07/09/get-autism-identity-and-me-a-practical-workbook-to-empower-adults-order-now/) _2026-07-09 · Lyric Holmans · Neurodivergent Rebel_ This empowering workbook has been designed to help Autistic adults, whether newly diagnosed or self-identifying, to develop a positive understanding of their unique Autistic identity. ## [When Alexithymia Takes Over](https://shitmypants.bearblog.dev/when-alexithymia-takes-over/) _2026-07-07 · shitmypants · What If I Shit My Pants?_ I am having one of those weeks where I am having a hard time putting feelings into words. I have come on here, started a blog, and then stopped without knowing what to write or how to continue. Having been recently diagnosed with autism, I have learned that I struggle with something called alexithymia. Basically, it's difficulty identifying and describing your own emotions, sometimes even… ## [It took me 10 years to figure out my Autistic needs. We built a shortcut – Autism, Identity and Me: A Practical Workbook to Empower Adults, the Autism workbook I needed.](https://neurodivergentrebel.com/2026/07/07/it-took-me-10-years-to-figure-out-my-autistic-needs-we-built-a-shortcut-autism-identity-and-me-a-practical-workbook-to-empower-adults-the-autism-workbook-i-needed/) _2026-07-07 · Lyric Holmans · Neurodivergent Rebel_ Ten years ago, I walked out of my diagnostician's office with a label and a list of memoirs about other people's lives. No one told me how to figure out mine... ## [The Dream I Almost Gave Up On – Young Me Thought My Life Wasn’t Interesting Enough to Write About. I Was Wrong.](https://neurodivergentrebel.com/2026/07/01/the-dream-i-almost-gave-up-on-young-me-thought-my-life-wasnt-interesting-enough-to-write-about-i-was-wrong/) _2026-07-01 · Lyric Holmans · Neurodivergent Rebel_ Growing up, I struggled a lot in school. Academics weren't my strengths, with one exception - reading and writing. From my earliest school days, and even before I started school, I was in love with books and dreamed one day I might write them. However, I wasn't sure if I'd ever achieve this goal. ## [I Was A Word Hoarder: For me, hyperlexia wasn’t just “reading early.” It was (and is) a specific way my brain processes symbols.](https://neurodivergentrebel.com/2026/06/29/i-was-a-word-hoarder-for-me-hyperlexia-wasnt-just-reading-early-it-was-and-is-a-specific-way-my-brain-processes-symbols/) _2026-06-29 · Lyric Holmans · Neurodivergent Rebel_ If you’ve never heard of Hyperlexia before, it is when a person can read words very, very well (often better than most people). We may also struggle more with understanding the full context of what we read. In addition, many of us who are Hyperlexic often understand what we read more easily than what is said to us out loud. ## [Living The Temu Version of My Dreams](https://shitmypants.bearblog.dev/living-the-temu-version-of-my-dreams/) _2026-06-29 · shitmypants · What If I Shit My Pants?_ I'm a dreamer. I always have been, but after years of hustling my ass off and only receiving the Temu version of those dreams...I have kind of turned into a cynical asshole. The reality is, I think I was a bit naive. I always had this hope that one day I would be able to overcome my anxiety and be able to do the things I wanted to do. I always thought: one day . One day, I will overcome my anxiety… ## [Chasing The Feeling of Relief](https://shitmypants.bearblog.dev/chasing-the-feeling-of-relief/) _2026-06-25 · shitmypants · What If I Shit My Pants?_ In 2023, I fell into a dark hole of depression and have been struggling to find my way out of it ever since. Although I was pushed into this hole by losing 24k to a scammy business coach, I have been standing on the edge of it and dipping my toes in and out for as long as I can remember. I have had ups and downs, but I always managed to pull myself out. This time around, it has been very… ## [8.1% APY Plus Free Stock (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/m196Zs7xBDFE) _2026-06-25 · **Sponsored**_ Claim 8.1% APY and up to $1,030 in SK hynix and Nvidia stock. ## [Growing Up Not Knowing About My Neurodivergent (Autistic and ADHD) Brain and What I Wish I Had Understood Sooner](https://neurodivergentrebel.com/2026/06/25/growing-up-not-knowing-about-my-neurodivergent-autistic-and-adhd-brain-and-what-i-wish-i-had-understood-sooner/) _2026-06-25 · Lyric Holmans · Neurodivergent Rebel_ Question for my late-identified Neurodivergent readers: Is there anything you wish you'd known or understood sooner? If you could give one piece of advice to your younger, unidentified self, what would it be? I am Neurodivergent, but I didn't know it (or even what Neurodivergence or Neurodiversity was) for most of my life. Being diagnosed Autistic, at the age of 29, a few months shy of my 30th… ## [Autistic Burnout](https://shitmypants.bearblog.dev/autistic-burnout/) _2026-06-24 · shitmypants · What If I Shit My Pants?_ Since being diagnosed with autism, I have discovered this lovely concept called "Autistic Burnout". I already knew I was burned out, but apparently, normal burnout is different than autistic burnout. Lucky me. I am not going to pretend to be an expert on autistic burnout since I am still learning about it myself, but basically, here is how it differs: Normal Burnout: Primarily driven by chronic…