Category: Neurodivergent Burnout

Autistic burnout research has gained increasing attention in recent years, but until recently, research was scattered across small studies and personal accounts. In 2025, a…

A detailed educational guide to how masking contributes to ND burnout Masking load is one of the strongest and most consistent contributors to Neurodivergent Burnout.Masking…

Overcompensation is one of the most influential but least understood contributors to neurodivergent burnout and overcompensation. It describes the continuous, often automatic practice of doing…

Executive collapse is one of the most recognisable and disabling components of Neurodivergent Burnout.It occurs when the cognitive systems responsible for planning, sequencing, initiating, organising…

Sensory exhaustion is a defining component of Neurodivergent Burnout. For ADHD, autistic and AuDHD adults, sensory input requires active filtering, processing and regulation, processes that…

Emotional drain is one of the central components of Neurodivergent Burnout. It develops when the emotional regulation system is required to operate beyond its capacity…

Neurodivergent Burnout develops when the total mental effort required to function exceeds what the executive system can sustain. For ADHD, autistic and AuDHD individuals, cognitive…

Neurodivergent burnout rarely appears suddenly.It unfolds in recognisable Nneurodivergent burnout stages, shaped by cumulative cognitive effort, sensory demand, emotional load, masking pressure and reduced recovery…

Neurodivergent burnout is a whole system exhaustion that develops when your brain and body operate under continuous demand without enough recovery time. Instead of short-term…