No, you’re not just tired: on autistic shutdowns

I have always known that my friends, and seemingly literally everyone else around me, were more high energy than me. I’ve always felt tired, no matter how much I slept or how healthy I ate or how many vitamins I took. It has always been like this, for as long as I can remember. It was always the most noticeable when I went on holiday with a group of friends. By the next morning after the first night, I would be exhausted and forcing myself to drink to muster up some energy to socialise or do activities. By day three, I would be a shell of a human and would leave the group to do something by myself, or would feel guilty for sleeping in when everyone else was packing and cleaning if it was the day that we had to leave. <a href="https://medium.com/@professionalaudie/no-youre-not-just-tired-on-autistic-shutdowns-de2e900a0d46">Visit Now</a>