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Is an autism diagnosis worth it?
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Thanks for sharing. I'm still dealing with the concern that if I become more me, and less.of a workaholic, it'll negatively impact my career.
I think living my truth whould be me sleeping a lot more and generally more lazy. Though I'm currently aiming to improve my career, aiming for a promotion and pay off the mountain of debit I've been struggling under.
However the reality is that I have burst if productively where I get weeks of work done. Most of the day I am on lemmy here, or in a state of half sleep untill quitting time. I just jiggle my mouse so teams shows me as availible. So I'm not really all that productive now. But the illusion that I'm working hard for 8 hours a day in more important then what I am actually doing I guess.
What's worse is I like my job, it's good work that actually helps people. So unproductive days just feel awful.
Woah, that sounds rough. In my experience, when I have behaved like you described, I was burnt out and depressed. I'm currently recovering from a multi-month rough period, but with the help of an autism therapist. I'm slowly re-engaging in life while paying attention to how my body feels and accepting when I'm pushing myself too hard.
I don't know if that's relevant to your situation, but I hope things get better and more comfortable for you ๐
Thak you.
you're welcome ๐