Dealing With Fatigue

~ Gottfried

I am not an early bird or a night owl. I am some form of permanently exhausted pigeon. Burnout occurs when your body and mind can no longer keep up with the tasks you demand of them. Don’t try to force yourself to do the impossible. Pigeons can’t fly high. 

Being tired has become part of my personality. Our fatigue is often caused not by work, but by worry, frustration and resentment. People often say that motivation doesn’t last. Well, neither does bathing, that’s why we recommend it daily. 

I am already exhausted for tomorrow. I make 1500+ decisions daily and I know not to waste mental energy on small ones. The more I pre-set choices, the less drained I feel. You don’t have to prove to anyone why you’re exhausted and tired. Anyone can be tired. 

Don’t try to be positive all the time. It’s perfectly okay to feel down, to feel drained, to feel exhausted. But you should never feel like you have to stay there. Each day feels like I’m fighting to stay alive. But deep down, I wonder if I’m just delaying the inevitable. 

Sometimes I’m not overthinking. I’m just mentally rehearsing every possible outcome. Kindly of like Dr.  Strange, but without the cape. I get tired of just thinking of everything I have to do. A calm mind is the ultimate weapon against challenges. So relax. 

Affirmations are our mental vitamins, providing the positive thoughts we need to balance the barrage of negative events and thoughts we experience daily. Sometimes you don’t realize you’re actually drowning when you’re trying to be everyone else’s anchor. 

If you’re happy and you know it, it’s your meds. 

©️ Gottfried. All rights reserved

26 thoughts on “Dealing With Fatigue”

  10. Ah Yes The Sinking Fatigue That May Come

    With More Life Experience Than We May Be

    Able to Put on Our Plate to actually Do Mr Gottfried

    Hey as back in the ‘Dead Zone’
    Days Even My Psychiatrist
    Related The Brain Goes

    Whacky When We Find

    Ourselves in a ‘Catch 22’

    Of No Escaping the Demands

    Of Our Limited Human Capacities

    to Survive Day to Day Eventually Potentially
    Even Reaching Total Human Exhaustion assessed

    In Some
    ‘Professional
    Circles’ as ‘General
    Adaptation Syndrome’

    Hmm This is How the Google
    AI Mode Tool Assesses the Work
    Of One of my Pen Names “Aghogday” Online

    With the Key Phrase “Autistic Burnout” That is Basically

    “General Adaptation Syndrome” Yes Total Animal Exhaustion For Us

    “Canaries in the Coal Mine Folks” as a Distant Early Warning

    For So Called

    “Normies”

    Not So Neurodivergent…

    “Aghogday” is the online pseudonym of an autistic individual who is widely credited with coining or early popularizing the term autistic burnout. This term was used to describe a specific state of physical and mental exhaustion, loss of skills, and reduced tolerance to sensory input resulting from the chronic stress of “masking” or navigating a neurotypical world.”

    AI Goes On To Relate What Burnout Is Specific to Autism Yet Also

    Applicable to ‘Normies’ Not as Vulnerable Yet Still Potentially So

    Particularly in a Modern World of Continuous Complex

    Demands on Our

    Human

    Limitations…

    “Key Concepts of Autistic Burnout

    Definition: A syndrome resulting from chronic life stress and a mismatch between expectations and abilities, characterized by pervasive, long-term exhaustion (often lasting 3+ months) and loss of function.

    Primary Causes:
    Masking: The constant effort to hide autistic traits and act neurotypical.

    Sensory Overload: Accumulating executive functioning demands and intense external stimuli.
    Lack of Support: Managing adult responsibilities (employment, parenting) without adequate accommodations.

    Core Symptoms:
    Skill Regression: Difficulty with speech, language, and executive functions that were previously manageable.

    Heightened Sensitivity: Increased reactivity to light, sound, and other sensory inputs.
    Physical and Mental Fatigue: Deep exhaustion, “brain fog,” and a feeling of being in “survival mode”.

    Social Withdrawal: Withdrawing from social activities and relationships to conserve energy.
    Recovery and Management

    Recovery typically requires significant lifestyle adjustments rather than standard medical treatments for depression.

    Rest and Reduction: Prioritizing deep rest and reducing daily demands and sensory input.

    Identifying Stressors: Pinpointing specific sources of chronic stress to design a more sustainable life.

    Acceptance: Letting go of the shame associated with needing more support or being unable to maintain previous levels of activity.”

    Hehe i Think AI Is Giving me a bit and a
    Few More Bytes Credit than i Deserve

    On This Topic Yet It’s Safe

    To Say i’ve Been to Hell

    And Have Escaped to
    Heaven Both Within

    In One Life

    Yet of Course

    What Works And Plays
    Best For Me a Meditating
    Free Dance and Song on Flow May Not

    Remedy or Prevent Everyone Now From
    Getting Out of And Staying Away From Hell For Real

    And Surely Finding Heaven Within These Days

    Is a Smaller Eye of a Needle

    And a Bigger Camel

    Than Ever

    Before

    Yet Possible
    to Make it through
    With Enough Exploration

    For What Works for Each Individual

    With that Danced And Sung With Enough

    Balance oF LoVE iN Peace We Can Practically

    Move Human

    Mountains

    of Creativity
    And Productivity

    oF LoVE iN Peace

    Fueled ThiS WaY

    Yet Occasionally

    i Do the Second or Third
    Nap of the Day and Night

    To Finish Up What i’m Able to
    Do In A ‘Day In a Life’ of Heaven

    Instead

    of REAL
    HELL mY FRiEnD

    When All the Sweat
    Blood And Tears Dries

    Up to the Living Dead for Real

    Yep God Speed Through the Needle Shipmate..:)

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      1. “The key is to adapt and survive!”

        Hehe Mr Gottfried Yet that’s Only

        Half the Human Pie

        Let’s

        Thrive

        Hehe i’ll
        SHoW ‘Them’ How
        Yet ‘i Can’t Make

        Them Understand’

        MeanWhile

        i’ll Thrive
        Just For the
        Heaven In Hell

        iN
        IT

        With
        SMiLes..:)

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