UNSW Sydney, Australia.
Cooperative Research Centre for Living with Autism (Autism CRC), Australia.
Autism. 2023 Oct;27(7):1906-1918. doi: 10.1177/13623613221147410. Epub 2023 Jan 13.
Autistic burnout is something autistic people have been talking about for a while (see #AutBurnout and #AutisticBurnout on social media). Recently, researchers published two different definitions of autistic burnout. We wanted to test these definitions. We wanted to confirm the duration and frequency of autistic burnout. That is, how long and how often do people get autistic burnout? We surveyed 141 autistic adults who had autistic burnout. We used descriptive statistics, content analysis and reflexive thematic analysis to analyse the survey responses. Autistic adults strongly agreed with the definition published by Higgins et al. How long and how often people get autistic burnout was not clear. Participants told us they have both short and long episodes. Participants told us that autistic burnout leads to exhaustion. They needed to withdraw from being with other people. They needed to stay away from autism unfriendly places. Many had been misdiagnosed as having depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, borderline personality disorder or other conditions. We need increased awareness of autistic burnout. Autistic people need more help. More research is needed, we need to have bigger studies to understand autistic burnout.
自闭症倦怠是自闭症患者已经讨论了一段时间的问题（请参见社交媒体上的#AutBurnout 和 #AutisticBurnout）。最近，研究人员发布了两种不同的自闭症倦怠定义。我们想测试这些定义。我们想确认自闭症倦怠的持续时间和频率。也就是说，人们会经历多长时间和多频繁的自闭症倦怠？我们调查了 141 名有自闭症倦怠经历的自闭症成年人。我们使用描述性统计、内容分析和反思性主题分析来分析调查结果。自闭症成年人强烈同意 Higgins 等人发布的定义。人们经历自闭症倦怠的时间长度和频率并不清楚。参与者告诉我们，他们既有短暂的发作，也有长期的发作。参与者告诉我们，自闭症倦怠会导致疲惫。他们需要退出与他人相处的状态。他们需要远离对自闭症不友好的地方。许多人被误诊为患有抑郁症、焦虑症、双相情感障碍、边缘型人格障碍或其他疾病。我们需要提高对自闭症倦怠的认识。自闭症患者需要更多的帮助。需要进行更多的研究，我们需要进行更大规模的研究来了解自闭症倦怠。
