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So right now my head is all kind of Confused and I keep feeling like I should Do Something but I don't know what that thing is and everything either feels like Too Much or Not Enough... but one thing I can do is rec this really interesting and accurate IMO post by adventures-in-asexuality on burnout.

Key part:

This kind of surviving, though, leads almost inevitably to burnout. Constantly pushing through more and more obstacles with no time to rest or recover from the previous ones isn’t sustainable or healthy, but it’s also what we need to do to stay alive, let alone make any sort of progress on top of that. Some people have approached the topic of burnout as related to inter- or intracommunity hostility, and while that’s absolutely an important topic to discuss and try to remedy, I think we also have to consider the inevitable burnout of living in a world that is not made for us. Any quests that try to eradicate burnout without addressing that are bound to be incomplete at best.

I don't have anything in me to add anything right now (which is, ah, probably appropriate?) but it's good and resonates a lot so I'd recommend reading!!

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Little Things

* When it’s after dinner and right around when my parents generally want to watch an episode of something and I feel a Strong, intense sense of Dread at the idea of it; additionally, the incredible relief when they suggest watching a show I’m not interested in, and the immediate Oh No when they want to watch something I AM interested in
* Someone suggests I do something. I agree. They wait. Apparently, they expected me to do it Right Now, the Very Second they said something. My brain absolutely Hates this.
* I do a thing. I go back to Home Base, my computer. I do another thing, in part, but then I get stressed out and have to go back to home base. I finish the thing. Home base again! It’s so relaxing.
* When I just want to like… lie down and rub myself on the ground. Especially my cheek. If I can’t my body gets all tense.
( Weird Brains gothic? )