A Girl Living with AuDHD: A Journey

  Have you ever felt so exhausted that you don't want to do anything?  This is what it feels like to go through autistic burnout.  Oddly enough, this is me right now.   Autistic burnout is a prolonged state of intense fatigue, decreased executive functioning or life skills, and increased sensory processing sensitivity experienced by autistic people.   As I type this, I am going through burnout myself.  (I'm okay!! I will be okay!)    the following videos go into what autistic burnout looks like and how to know if you're experiencing it or not. Here's the thing, autistic burnout and depression can be experienced at the same time which means they have overlap like ADHD and autism.   Burnout is typically a response to prolonged stress, often related to work or caregiving responsibilities. It manifests as emotional, physical, and mental exhaustion, leading to reduced performance and detachment. Depression , on the other hand, is ...

" How do you solve a problem like Maria? " ---line from the song Maria  from the Sound of Music  (1965).  A perfect representation on how it felt like growing up as someone with AuDHD.  If you've never seen this classic film...YOU NEED TO!!! This film is my main comfort movie.  I watch it AT LEAST once a month, and that's no joke.  It calms my anxiety and is just pure nostalgia.   * *IF YOU PROCEED TO CONTINUE READING AND HAVEN'T WATCHED SOUND OF MUSIC YET...IT'S ON DISNEY+ IF YOU'RE IN THE U.S. *** I'll give you reasons why you should watch this film before you leave to watch it (pay no attention to the fact that it's 3hrs long...).  There's: Romance Music/singing It's historical fiction Dame Julie Andrews & Christopher Plummer Nuns Nazis Dancing Nature (aka. the Austrian Alps) A wee bit of violence Here's a picture with Maria (Julie Andrews) with the Von Trapp kids during the Do-Re-Mi scene: Okay, NOW since the haters/people who h...

  Finding a job is hard to do, I know I'm not the only one.  However, did you know that people with autism are either under or unemployed more-so than any other disability?  True story! Here are some statistics: High Unemployment Rates : Approximately 85% of autistic adults in the U.S. are unemployed or underemployed. Autism Society +1 emeraldgrouppublishing.com +1 Underemployment Among Graduates : Even among those with college degrees, up to 85% are unemployed or underemployed. creativespirit-us.org +3 Autism Society +3 ndfya.com +3 Lower Earnings : Autistic individuals often earn about 30% less than their neurotypical peers. Advanced Therapy Clinic People with autism deserve better! I'm unemployed right now.  I haven't worked more than 40hr weeks since 2022 and from August to December that year, I worked in a kitchen at a local gas station...with a Bachelor's in Communications.  I graduated with my degree in December 2021, for MONTHS I applied to jo...