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Recent content by Astrid-X

  1. Astrid-X

    Employment challenges and Burnout

    Why are you so wise (rhetorical question). You are right. It's a negative feedback loop where I distance myself to avoid miscommunication and rejection, only to have my social skills lowered. What I really wish is to find a really good therapist that accepts me for who I am while simultaneously...
  2. Astrid-X

    As an adult female on the spectrum

    Such a warm and lovely response. Thank you
  3. Astrid-X

    Employment challenges and Burnout

    I have come to realize that the main reason for my choosing so self-isolating from everyone is based on fear of rejection/Getting hurt lately. Ever since I realized I was on the spectrum, I have been afraid of meeting myself only for someone else to get offended, hurt by what I say or...
  4. Astrid-X

    As an adult female on the spectrum

    Thank you for your compassion and understanding. I guess lately I am afraid of being myself because I am afraid I will say something wrong/get rejected by people around me. Only realized that I was on the spectrum recently, so I am afraid to be around friends and family or meeting new people.
  5. Astrid-X

    As an adult female on the spectrum

    Hi everyone and thank you for the warm welcome I have received here. It only been made clear to me at that I am on the spectrum recently. I have known for a couple of months now so I am still in shock/processing it all. Also I am experiencing a severe burnout. Basicly my experience for now is...
  6. Astrid-X

    Employment challenges and Burnout

    I am so sorry that you didn't find a supportive environment for you because you deserve the support. That's what discourages me from being in the academia as well, the competitiveness. You mentioned that you work from home now, What do you work with if I may ask? I find it odd that many work...
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    Employment challenges and Burnout

    Ah yes I am fully aware. Well this is what i think will happen in the next 5-10 years: We will spend even more times indoors (I think the pandemic has already fast forwarded that process), the diffrences between the rich and poor increases, we will watch the effects of climate change, Jobs will...
  8. Astrid-X

    Employment challenges and Burnout

    Fair points. I don't think I am smart enough to understand what a medieval war has to do with all this. Lol. Could you please explain?
  9. Astrid-X

    Employment challenges and Burnout

    Thank you guys for the support and helpful advices ❤️ This whole burnout thing is making me scared and sad. For the first time in months I went out to meet up with a friend and I noticed that my language skills weren't as good as they used to be. It was hard for me to connect emotionally with...
  10. Astrid-X

    Employment challenges and Burnout

    Very helpful list. Thank you. For a second there I thought you wrote a "private inventor" and not investor. I was like damn that sounds super cool. To say at home and invent new stuff. Lol.
  11. Astrid-X

    Employment challenges and Burnout

    Omg Yes. I forgot about comedy shows and exercise. I don't enjoy breathing. Lol.
  12. Astrid-X

    Employment challenges and Burnout

    Any suggestions for things to do that doesn't require brain activity? Or that helps the brain recover faster?
  13. Astrid-X

    Employment challenges and Burnout

    I have all of the burnout symptoms, and I am coping with most of them except for the regression of skills and sensitivity to stimuli. It is because I am finding it scary/not my "usual self". I imagine various regions of my brain sleeping while my prefrontal lobe is working overtime. In terms...
  14. Astrid-X

    Employment challenges and Burnout

    Thank you all for brainstorming with me. I recently joined and I feel welcome already ❤️ When I try to think lately my brain can't really solve anything. Apparently even breakfast requires complex problem solving skills. Why can't breakfast and finding matching socks for the day go on...
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    Employment challenges and Burnout

    Hi everyone, hope you all are staying safe during this pandemic :) I am a female with a masters degree in psychology (not licenced but educated on how to conduct research). I am approaching the end of my 20's. And I am kind of a newbie to my diagnosis (Awaiting the official one). Been having a...
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