Feeling extra autistic at the moment...

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... everything feels like it's too much, especially the sun and the heat. Wearing sunglasses outside (have to, too bright) and then having to switch inside to non sunglasses vision really disorients me. Everything is too loud: the tv, the birds outside, the traffic, my kids. My kids are VERY loud and clingy. I don't want to eat or prepare meals that I have no enthusiasm for.

All I want to do is sit in a cool quiet room and watch tv that I've watched a bunch of times before, quietly with subtitles. Or read. Everything but that feels a bit impossible.

Am I just burnt out maybe? I had a busyish month last month and organised/did a huge birthday party for DD. Both kids had chickenpox which meant time off school and me supervising. I've also been having some health issues.

I feel like I'm used to struggling day-to-day but lately it's starting to feel more and more difficult to do even the most basic things.

Are you due on? Or is it a full moon both these things send autism haywire

I hit burnout last week and it was mostly due to not getting enough quiet time

The sun and heat get to me as well, combined with needing suncream because I have a sunlight allergy... it's a sensory nightmare.

It's also other things you might not be necessarily noticing, but they are impacting you... PEOPLE, people outside, more people outside, more smells of suncream, sweat, more music, cars open playing music, windows open with music, cooking, people hanging out outside and talking. It's just a lot.

Yeah I think maybe I need stronger sunglasses, category four ones like people wear for skiing.

I think also the health issues are exacerbating everything, I always underestimate how much being in pain affects you physically elsewhere in your body but also mentally.

Trying to rest and give myself space but just glanced at my calendar and it is stuffed with sports days, health appointments, open evenings, school trips, events the kids want to attend and I feel a bit overwhelmed by that.

Oh this term with school stuff is just jammed, I'm feeling the same. I have a week to view diary I meal plan in, with a ruled off column for things happening, they get highlighted, now my diary has so much highlighted it's meaningless!

I don't have a lot to suggest to help, but certainly commiserate with you. I have a lot of hormonal headaches and sometimes migraines, had one on Tuesday, now I seem to have a summer flu!