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The original was posted on /r/antiwork by /u/AppropriateDark4742 on 2025-10-07 20:16:57+00:00.

i am so burnt out. my shifts start at 5 AM and every morning it gets harder and harder to drag myself out of bed. i’m almost never on time because i’m always so exhausted, no matter what time i go to sleep. by the time i get home from work (i have to walk because i can’t afford a car) im too exhausted to do anything besides just lay in bed and endlessly scroll. i miss making art, going out with my friends, doing things i enjoy. but my brain and body are toast. i’m so tired of the constant cycle of just working and then rotting in bed until my next shift. i don’t know how to break out of it.

for context, i am autistic which makes the burn out even worse. by the end of my work week, i am so overstimulated from constant lights and noise that i am immeasurably cranky. being surrounded by coworkers and customers for 8 hours a day is overwhelming for a person like me who needs a lot of alone time. i just feel like i can never catch up on rest, i can never slow my brain down, everything is just way too much all the time.

plus some of the key people on my team are major assholes. that’s another story. but being surrounded by people far less competent than who you get paid way more than you… it’s just so demotivating. like why am i even trying when it seems like a qualification for getting promoted is being lazy and unreliable anyway.

this isn’t the way we were meant to live, man. it’s making me so miserable that i don’t feel like i can go on. i’d almost rather be living in my grandparents’ basement than having to sacrifice my life to this stupid job.