Any #neurodivergent folks have tips for rebuilding after recovering from burnout?
I've given up on getting a proper assessment or even being heard by my so-called primary care provider, so ADHD meds are a pipe dream.
So I need to figure out how to earn a living without crashing again, which means 40-hour weeks and commuting are a no-go.
I do not feel particularly confident at this point tbh.
@StaceyCornelius Since you already seem to be doing freelance(?) things, a bit of relevant but counterintuitive advice that's not given frequently enough: the more you charge, the less expectations customers have from you, and the more likely they are to hire you.
For me this has helped tremendously in reducing the stress in my life and allowing me to recover; by charging more, I've been able to both reduce my needed working hours *and* also remove much of the stress involved, because it turns out that this swiftly eliminates the "demands the world for a penny under impossible deadlines" category of customer.
@StaceyCornelius (I do follow a slightly different version of this approach, for ethical reasons; I still provide lower rates for non-commercial customers and smaller businesses, but only after talking to them for a while and being reasonably confident that they will be respectful of my time and energy)
