u/Flat_Mizou360

Hi everyone. I have been struggling for the past three years, and just recently decided to do thorough testing, which diagnosed me with Autism and OCD. Examining this diagnosis with my psychiatrist and other professionals, the consensus seems to be i'm experiencing autistic burnout.

A summary of my experience (specifically regarding the burnout) is that after my sophomore year of highschool, participating in the International Baccalaureate (extremely accelerated) program, i became severely burnt out, to a point where I stopped going to school. I had to be moved to an alternative school, where I attended maybe 2-3 times per week on average purely because I couldn't get myself to do anything. I did that my junior year, then my senior year gave me some hope with applying to colleges. I eventually committed to CU Boulder as an out of state student from Texas, and started attending in the fall. After about four weeks, I had to withdraw because I thought the environment wasn't for me, i struggled meeting people, and didn't have motivation or skills enough to go and complete coursework. I did a minimester in a community college, where I barely passed the 2 classes I was in because I couldn't get myself to do the work, then transferred to CU Denver, where I roomed with my best friend and already had lots of buddies. The environment was so much more chill and not like Boulder at all, but the same thing happened, I couldn't organize studying and turning in assignments, and eventually stopped going to classes. I've been struggling with this for three years, and now that I know what I have, i'm looking for treatments.

What are your experiences with burnout? And do you have any treatments that worked for you? I feel like I wasted my Freshman year of college and am now back in Texas, the state I was so excited to leave. I feel like i'm back at square one after three years of trying and I need to start actually making progress. I am a driven person, and am VERY interested in the major I chose, and have been committed to wanting to get a PhD in Neuroscience my whole life, but i'm losing hope. Any advice is greatly appreciated :)

A summary of my experience (specifically regarding the burnout) is that after my sophomore year of highschool, participating in the International Baccalaureate (extremely accelerated) program, i became severely burnt out, to a point where I stopped going to school. I had to be moved to an alternative school, where I attended maybe 2-3 times per week on average purely because I couldn't get myself to do anything. I did that my junior year, then my senior year gave me some hope with applying to colleges. I eventually committed to CU Boulder as an out of state student from Texas, and started attending in the fall. After about four weeks, I had to withdraw because I thought the environment wasn't for me, i struggled meeting people, and didn't have motivation or skills enough to go and complete coursework. I did a minimester in a community college, where I barely was able to do the work in my 2 classes, but somehow passed, then transferred to CU Denver, where I roomed with my best friend and already had lots of buddies. The environment was so much more chill and not like Boulder at all, but the same thing happened, I couldn't organize studying and turning in assignments, and eventually stopped going to classes. I've been struggling with this for three years, and now that I know what I have, i'm looking for treatments.

Burnout recovery in college

Autistic burnout recovery