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I spent 58 years of my life beating the crap out of myself for needing to rest more than other people. Finding out that I actually NEED the rest has helped with the enormous guilt and self hatred I had all my damn life. And people who are supposed to love you can be really cruel about the shutdowns.
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Iāve been doing my best to rest more frequently, too, and take social breaks. Iām especially tired because I also endured a lot of trauma in life, so I need a lot of rest. It makes me feel lazy, but I have to reword it to being self-care and important for me to have energy to do things again
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Good to know these things.
I didnāt know I was neurodivergent until my grandchild was diagnosed at 14 and I was almost 79. I recognized myself in that child, as we discussed how they knew they were neurodivergent and also how they experienced/experience life and I began the diagnosis process.
Looking back on my āundiagnosedā life, I used to nap at noon, in my 20ās! I was simply ātiredā. I have continued to have naps during my work day, now my waking day, whenever I needed them.
I didnāt have āaccommodationsā for my non-diagnosed ASD. However, I must have followed my instincts, to deal with my stress/anxiety/exhaustion.
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Before I could even comprehend autism I was diagnosed, probably my biggest struggle is productivity I'm good at working, im straight A student, but recently I've been working on a comic book because I love drawing and thinking, but shading is unreasonably hard for me because I spend so much time on one panel.
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I'm trying to accept that I need more rest than most people and that it's okay. My parents and I all struggle with finding a balance between work and rest and we tend to overwork ourselves, so I'm trying to unlearn lifelong habits (and I'm trying not to feel guilty about taking more breaks than they do and getting less done when I have time). It's rough.
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I do not rest enough. I am just diagnosed ADHD. I did realize in the beginning that I have to rest sometimes. I require it. I didn't realize that before I was diagnosed with ADHD even. Atleast. I have to rest more. I've been overly stressed out all day long because where I live you cannot even order many products for your health and its so frustrating.
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SAME! aghhh as I've transitioned from college, I've struggled with burnout a lot before realising... my brain works EXTRa hard so it needs that extra rest, and I try not to compare myself to neurotypicals in that department either (which is hard, havng grown up in a "learn to be normal" envronment, but i'm getting better)
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I got a lot kinder to myself. Because for years I was asked, "ARE you stupid??" By my own mother anytime I struggled. Anytime I couldn't keep track of something, everytime I mis-spelled a word, everytime it took me twice as long to read a book, because it took me twice as long to process the info, or because my eyes would jump across the page. Well mom, yes, I'm not stupid. And neither is anyone else who struggles. Any of us could have just needed a little more time, or a few more tools, but that never made anyone with ADHD a retard or an invalid.
I stopped thinking about myself and others that way.
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@segwrites
3 months ago
Absolutely. Same for me. Iāve also 100% stopped taking advice from neurotypical people in all forms. Our brains are too different, and sometimes even their advice for ārestā is too stressful to manage. My therapist is an HSP who primarily (at one point, exclusively) works with neurodivergent clients; namely ASD folks. Her guidance is gold to me, and Iāve gained so much from neurodivergent creators of all ages here and from Reddit subs for us. And ND Substack writers! We have so much more to offer our community, and Iām just loving how many unique voices are stepping up to fill the void most of us have been missing for the majority of our lives. Thank you, Taylor, for being such a positive, strong voice for us. Youāre wonderful. š
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