Burnout can happen at any time. It’s a feeling that’s more than tiredness, more than feeling run down. It’s a crash and burn that you don’t always see coming.

For those with disabilities, burnout is often more exhausting, lasts longer and affects the body in more ways. It is often caused by either the disability itself, the emotional impact of the disability or outside influences that exacerbate the disability.

The first time I heard the word burnout was from a London Hospital. After years of gaslighting from another and being told I was being naughty when I was struggling to cope and made to feel bad that I was unable to keep control of my Type 1 Diabetes, the new hospital explained I was in burnout.

The new hospital gave me the help to have better control of the burnout. I could understand when I was getting to that stage again and reach out for the help I needed.

When my........

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