It really is

This is creepy, is like if the person who wrote it knew the inner workings of my brain.

s/eating chips/scrolling Lemmy/

lgtm

It sounds more like ADHD than Autism to me, but there is so much overlap. I might do this a little too often.

Autism and depression is a good combination too
- While it is possible to have autism and depression, and I really don't want to take away from anyone's struggles, I have noticed that many people with autism (including myself) are misdiagnosed as having depression and anxiety when they actually have autistic burnout.
  Autistic burnout is very similar to the kind of burnout neurotypical people can get from overworking at a stressful job, but unlike a job that can be quit (with financial repercussions), an autistic person doesn't have the option to rest and get away from the everyday life that's causing the burnout.
  Importantly, the treatments for depression and anxiety will not work effectively for autistic burnout - only treating the cause will work.
  So many health professionals are unaware that autistic burnout exists, so they can't diagnose or treat it correctly.
Yeah this is an ADHD "stuck" thing from executive dysfunction for me. Typically I'm trapped reading a wiki and...
Nah, it's just an existential crisis. Usually happens when people used to doing something sit around doing nothing, but it also happens when eating high calorie meals and not burning the excess energy. It's like a boiling pot looking to vent the pressure.

That's executive functioning failure. It's common with ADHD (which is strongly comorbid with Autism) but not unique to it.

Basically, the part of your brain dealing with task focus is either asleep or exhausted. At that point, you are running on pure impulsiveness.

If you get locked in, the best bet is to stop banging your head against a brick wall. Stop trying to do the big task, that is stressing you. Instead aim for a small, neutral or positive task to lock on to. E.g. throwing together a sandwich, or going to the loo, rather than "I REALLY need to get my taxes done!" It's a far from perfect method (it still fails often), but it does help kickstart you back to higher brain thinking.

I have this problem all the time. Ever since I was a kid. I always think it's just a lack of discipline. For some reason, I keep denying that it could be ADHD.

God, I’d love some chips.

damp. laying in an empty bathtub with my towel covering me. scrolling Lemmy.. it's 4 am. I need to be at work at 5 am. I worked last night til 10 pm

hello burnout my old friend…
“damp.” may be a typo but it made me read this as an e.e. cummings poem
- no..I was damp
I'm diagnosing you with a case of living in a capitalist dystopia.