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Therapist Explains Burnout and How to Recover | How Do You Know if You're Burnt Out?

Autistic burnout isn’t ordinary tiredness — it’s chronic nervous system overload. It can look like loss of skills, increased sensory sensitivity, shutdown, exhaustion, or withdrawal. Burnout often follows long periods of masking, high demands, and not enough recovery. This isn’t laziness or lack of resilience. It’s the cost of functioning in environments that don’t fit autistic needs. Recovery usually means reducing demands, increasing rest and predictability, and rebuilding capacity slowly — no