“I'm not making sense, and I'm so tired of having to make sense. I've even more tired of talking about how OK or not OK I am. I'm not. I've failed. That's it. People should stop going on about it.” Mental IllnessAutismBurnoutOverstimulationShutdownMeltdown Book:On the Edge of Gone Source: On the Edge of Gone
“I know you're worried. I'm sorry. I'm just...very..." I can't think of the right word. How do I explain that mind is too slow and too jumbled all at once. That I'm out of gas? That I've failed, and the only way to keep from falling apart is to accept that? Or that maybe I've already fallen apart, and I don't know if I can sweep the pieces back together? I settle on three words. "I am tired.” DisabilityAutismBurnoutNonverbalOverstimulationShutdownSemiverbalSpeech Issues Book:On the Edge of Gone Source: On the Edge of Gone