For a long time I thought that this was something that generally everyone felt, or that yes, I'm more tired than everyone, but I could attribute it to bad health. I'm a rather healthy person though, and have been tested for things like diabetes and even cancer, anything that would explain my constant state of exhaustion. Now I'm wondering if other people with Aspergers feel this way.
I'm constantly tired. It's just a natural state. Some days i'm too tired to do anything, those are usually because of late nights or loud roomates. But some days I wake up with enough energy to do something and get productive stuff done. My problem is that I can only get ONE productive thing done. Doing the dishes and cleaning the kitchen/ cooking myself a proper meal / doing the laundry / writing an essay for school / doing errands downtown / going to work. I can only pick one thing and organize my head around how i'm going to do said thing. I'll get said thing done, but by the time i'm finished i'm so exhausted I can't move or think. Things that require more stimulus, like organizing my room, grocery stores with bright lights and too many labels to read and memorizing things at work exhaust me most. I either have to sit and mindlessly scroll my phone or put on the tv. I've always thought i'm a really lazy person but I've started to realize complete exhaustion is different than laziness. I didn't realize that this was so weird until I excitedly explained my new essay writing tactic, where I take naps every time my brain gets too tired to write and that it's helped me manage to finish an essay in a day instead of having to switch to tv. They didn't seem to understand and asked why i didn't just go for a walk and clean the house for a brain break. I had to explain that would be it's own entire thing and that I would have no more energy to write and they thought it was really strange. Anyways, thoughts? I might perhaps have some strange disease zapping all my energy but i'd be happy to know if other Aspies experience this.
I'm constantly tired. It's just a natural state. Some days i'm too tired to do anything, those are usually because of late nights or loud roomates. But some days I wake up with enough energy to do something and get productive stuff done. My problem is that I can only get ONE productive thing done. Doing the dishes and cleaning the kitchen/ cooking myself a proper meal / doing the laundry / writing an essay for school / doing errands downtown / going to work. I can only pick one thing and organize my head around how i'm going to do said thing. I'll get said thing done, but by the time i'm finished i'm so exhausted I can't move or think. Things that require more stimulus, like organizing my room, grocery stores with bright lights and too many labels to read and memorizing things at work exhaust me most. I either have to sit and mindlessly scroll my phone or put on the tv. I've always thought i'm a really lazy person but I've started to realize complete exhaustion is different than laziness. I didn't realize that this was so weird until I excitedly explained my new essay writing tactic, where I take naps every time my brain gets too tired to write and that it's helped me manage to finish an essay in a day instead of having to switch to tv. They didn't seem to understand and asked why i didn't just go for a walk and clean the house for a brain break. I had to explain that would be it's own entire thing and that I would have no more energy to write and they thought it was really strange. Anyways, thoughts? I might perhaps have some strange disease zapping all my energy but i'd be happy to know if other Aspies experience this.
) Some of us are good at being organised but others find it utterly taxing. It has also been suggested that gluten sensitivity is often found in the autistic population, and this would contribute to physical sluggishness.
