Professori
Professori
Ever heard of compassion fatigue? Some spouses/partners of Aspies experience this because they expend so much emotional energy in the attempt to relate to, understand, sympathise with, etc. with someone on the spectrum that they just run out of that emotional energy. They just dry up and become dead inside. It is a type of burnout, but wider than burnout.
Some on the spectrum experience this as well in the grapple with trying to fit in, understand NT's, understand themselves, feel ok about themselves, that they also just give up internally. It is a dangerous experience and place to be.
We can be very difficult people and end up chewing others up and spitting them out in this way. Alternatively, we can find it very difficult to live with ourselves as we are frequently misunderstood, and don't even understand ourselves and so chew ourselves up.
Anyone here relate to this, or is it my experience only?
Some on the spectrum experience this as well in the grapple with trying to fit in, understand NT's, understand themselves, feel ok about themselves, that they also just give up internally. It is a dangerous experience and place to be.
We can be very difficult people and end up chewing others up and spitting them out in this way. Alternatively, we can find it very difficult to live with ourselves as we are frequently misunderstood, and don't even understand ourselves and so chew ourselves up.
Anyone here relate to this, or is it my experience only?