Re: burnout neuroatypical

On Wed Aug 26, 2026 at 8:42 PM BST, Jeffrey Walton wrote:
> (And I hope you are not one of those people who self-diagnose after
> watching a TikTok or YouTube video.  That seems dangerous to me.  You
> should seek professional help.)

At least in my area of the world, autistic burnout is not something that 
most medical professionals will recognise, diagnose or even help to 
treat. My family have been battling with this for a year or so. I have 
many documents from professionals who *always* write the term in quotes, 
"autistic burnout", and almost always distance themselves from a 
diagnosis, with summaries such as "Person X describes patient Y as being 
in 'autistic burnout'". Which is to say, unfortunately, professional 
help is not always the be-all and end-all.


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