Coaching practices for How Do I Deal with Autistic Burnout

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• Carrying everyone else’s anxiety and conflict has hollowed me out
• I burn enormous energy trying to fix things that aren’t mine to fix, and then go quiet and just stew over the things I actually could do something about
• I act like every single thing has to be done by me, and I’m drowning
• I’m sick of logging everything
• I only ever rest once I’ve already crashed

Practices that may help

1. Build sanctuaries for renewal outside the system
   Maintain relationships and practices outside the organizational system that restore perspective and capacity.
   Adaptive Leadership, Made Practical
2. Match coping mode to what is actually controllable
   Use problem-focused coping when you can change the situation; emotion-focused coping when you cannot.
   Stress Inoculation Training
3. Outsource or delegate to keep a burner lit without your direct fuel
   Find ways to maintain a domain’s floor through systems, others, or automation rather than your direct effort.
   Four Burners Theory: Making Peace With Trade-Offs
4. Take a planned monitoring break to prevent tracking fatigue
   Sustained self-monitoring burns out — a deliberate short break with clear resumption rules prevents abandonment.
   Self-Monitoring, Made Practical
5. Schedule recovery proactively, not reactively
   Build recovery into the calendar before load accumulates, not as an emergency response after breakdown.
   Allostatic Load, Made Practical
6. Maintain an unsolved problems list
   Write down recurring triggers so they become solvable problems rather than repeated emergencies.
   Collaborative Problem Solving (Ross Greene)
7. Distinguish functional overreaching from non-functional overtraining
   Functional overreaching (planned short-term overload) leads to supercompensation; non-functional overtraining is a breakdown that can take months to reverse.
   Supercompensation
8. Use controlled re-entry after a panic response
   When you overshoot and shut down, return to the edge from the comfort side, not the panic side.
   The Comfort Zone Model: How to Grow Without Burning Out
9. Recover and recharge after intense emotion
   After an emotional peak, deliberately allow recovery time — intense arousal depletes resources.
   The 90-Second Rule, Made Practical
10. Map your stress response (conceptualization phase)
    Before you train coping, understand the full sequence: trigger → appraisal → body → behavior → consequence.
    Stress Inoculation Training

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