Identifiying the stages and some of the differences between occupational & neurodivergent burnout. Plus an invitation to attend a free workshop with me tommorrow : )
This article is great Sophie and it really hit home … I can relate to stage 1. I can’t work out if it’s because of life challenges, summer holiday fatigue or everything! I’ll sit with it to work out what might help.
It’s brills that you’re doing a workshop on this ❤️
I still remember the burnout I experience in 2013, it was scary and honestly didn't know what was happening to me.
*Started with me not being able to manage day to day tasks
*Moved to me going mute
*Then delusions
*Then stuttering
*Then full on body shaking
It took me around six months to be able to function enough that I didn't need my husband doing everything for me
Since then it's started wiith small things bothering me
*My hair (number of times I've hacked my hair)
*My clothes bothering me
*Noise driving me to scream
I don't know if there is a link, but I feel as if moving into perimenopause has heightened my sensory overload and I get bothered a lot quicker
That sounds so intense and very scary indeed, especially when you don’t know what it is or how long it will last.
You are quite right there is a very real link between perimenopause, hormones changing, and sensory overwhelm and overload.
Mine became so bad that I can’t bare being in my house without headphones on because of the road sound and we are moving house because of it.
It’s very real.
This article is great Sophie and it really hit home … I can relate to stage 1. I can’t work out if it’s because of life challenges, summer holiday fatigue or everything! I’ll sit with it to work out what might help.
It’s brills that you’re doing a workshop on this ❤️
Thank you for reading Andrea! It’s tough to know especially when there’s so much going on and all out of sorts with the holidays isn’t it?! 🫠