Hey guys! Welcome back to my blog! This week I’ll be talking about why some autistics, including me (not all cuz not all autistic traits apply to everyone) are tired ALL THE TIME. After reading this post I’m using for this post, I finally have an answer on why I’m always tired. And that answer to why I’m a certain way is always “autism” (aha moment)!
Obviously, this doesn’t apply to every autistic person since not every trait applies to everyone, but this Personally, I am literally tired every second of every day. Even as soon as I wake up in the morning, I am exhausted already. A lot of the times I just fake it really well. I don’t really know what it’s like to not be tired, honestly. Lots of daily tasks that are so simple for NT’s can be really hard for us. Some of those tasks include phone calls, cooking, going shopping, parties, etc. NT’s can also feel tired from doing these tasks, but for autistics it’s different. Autistic brains process 42% more information at rest alone. Imagine how much we process when we’re awake. There is a difference between NT’s recovery from being tired from a night out and an autistics recovery. NT’s can simply recover from extra sleep and drinking caffeine, as for us, it could take days or weeks to recover from a social interaction. As much as I love hanging out with friends, it can be hard to move on from that social interaction right away. I need time to myself afterwords. However, being busy with friends keeps my mind off of other things, so it’s conflicting, as I’m usually hanging out with friends every weekend, and like I said, which I do love, but it’s exhausting. If autistics do those tasks a lot, it may cause us to mask more since we’re so overwhelmed and we can’t show that to the public without being judged somehow by someone. Masking leads to autistic burnout. I’m almost always masking tbh. I have to mask everywhere I go, except for at home, which is why I love and value the times I get to be at home. Personally, I’m tired from the moment I wake up, to the time I fall asleep. I’ll “complain” about being tired all the time and I’ll be yawning 24/7, and people are like “why are you so tired, you just woke up?” We’re not lazy, we are not burdens. We aren’t lying. We are honestly tired all the time. We live in a neurotypical world, and just following those norms alone can be exhausting for us. We put it so much work to understand your world, and it’s so tiring, as our brain is processing so much information that makes no sense to us. So that’s about it for this post. Thank you to everyone who has been patient with me, and my major lack of posting and how I don’t post regularly on here anymore. I’ve been crazy busy with work, and my amazing best friends, so I don’t put as much of my passion into my writing anymore, but I’m going to try my hardest to post more often on here, and my Embracing my Superpower Facebook account of poems and other writing pieces!! Make sure to follow Embracing my Superpower on Facebook and Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/p/CgFYhzavCcZ/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTRHFgjxS/ (my best friend Jenna) https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTRHFT2pN/
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