I’m an autistic adult who has experienced long-term burnout and chronic exhaustion, including the kind that doesn’t resolve with rest or time off. For me, burnout wasn’t just about doing too much — it was about mismatches between expectations, capacity, sensory load, and the ways I was taught to push through instead of notice limits. Over time, I’ve learned to recognize burnout patterns, early warning signs, and the difference between being tired, being overwhelmed, and being genuinely depleted. I’m not here to offer fixes, productivity hacks, or positivity. This space is for talking with someone who understands burnout as a nervous-system and systems-level experience, not a personal failure. If you’re burned out, unsure how you got here, or trying to understand what your exhaustion is actually telling you, I offer peer support grounded in lived experience.