I don’t think that’s an autism thing. I think that’s just a thing for people who don’t have enough meaning and purpose in their life to feel like they had a day’s worth of experiences yet when the day is over.
Yea, a lot of posts in this community are like this. They may be more prevelant (or challenging) in the autistic community, but are often just “the annoyances of life”.
Note: I do think in your rationale is missing “lack of time” as a factor, though. Often applying oneself to purpose is not the individual’s fault, they just don’t have the time to be fulfilled.
hmmm, I don’t know. I relate with the OP a lot, yet I love what I do with my days… it’s just that there is a kind of exhaustion that is social in nature, and I feel I need my airlock time (as my wife says) after any social event to be at peace, even when I feel tired af.
This could be an introvert thing. Introvert vs extrovert isn’t about being shy or anything like the stereotype. The best way that I’ve heard to describe it is that an extrovert refills their emotional batteries through social activities, big groups, etc. while an introvert has their emotional batteries drained doing that and needs time alone to let themself recharge.
You can have a socially anxious extrovert who lives for hanging out in a big group of friends even if they don’t talk much or anything, and an outgoing introvert who just needs to come home at the end of the day and sit on the floor with their back against a wall for awhile before they have the energy to do anything else.
I don’t think that’s an autism thing. I think that’s just a thing for people who don’t have enough meaning and purpose in their life to feel like they had a day’s worth of experiences yet when the day is over.
Which is a LOT of us.
Yea, a lot of posts in this community are like this. They may be more prevelant (or challenging) in the autistic community, but are often just “the annoyances of life”.
Note: I do think in your rationale is missing “lack of time” as a factor, though. Often applying oneself to purpose is not the individual’s fault, they just don’t have the time to be fulfilled.
Anecdotally, I’m fortunate enough to have my average day jam packed with meaning and XP, and I still like to decompress.
hmmm, I don’t know. I relate with the OP a lot, yet I love what I do with my days… it’s just that there is a kind of exhaustion that is social in nature, and I feel I need my airlock time (as my wife says) after any social event to be at peace, even when I feel tired af.
This could be an introvert thing. Introvert vs extrovert isn’t about being shy or anything like the stereotype. The best way that I’ve heard to describe it is that an extrovert refills their emotional batteries through social activities, big groups, etc. while an introvert has their emotional batteries drained doing that and needs time alone to let themself recharge.
You can have a socially anxious extrovert who lives for hanging out in a big group of friends even if they don’t talk much or anything, and an outgoing introvert who just needs to come home at the end of the day and sit on the floor with their back against a wall for awhile before they have the energy to do anything else.
No. Nobody gets overwhelmed by a lack of meaning.
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