I have a friend with ADHD who is struggling with burnout at work right now, and I realized the same thing has happened to me (autism) at pretty much every job I’ve had before my current one. After a while (a few months to a few years) the workplace politics becomes unbearable, or culture becomes too toxic, or managers straight up ignore our feedback.
So what do you do to prevent emotional burnout at work? Or have you found a job that doesn’t burn you out?
Edit: Y’all, your responses are making me want to create a neurodivergent commune where we just do whatever we want.
I just want you to know that your first paragraph feels as if it was written about me. I’ve gone through similar and am in the thick of it right now again. It feels a little hopeless at times. But, if nothing else, I understand the struggle, for whatever little that’s worth.
I think this is an issue that most, if not all, neurodivergent folks have. I stay at a place until it becomes unsustainable for me. Then I add the things that made that job hell to my list of “shit to avoid at the next job”. Ex: I will never work for another startup again. As far as I can tell they’re all hell. Honestly I think capitalism just isn’t made for us (or people in general).