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“…you internalized that you’re doing something wrong because you don’t feel or act the way other people do.”

In this candid conversation, Reuben Schwartz shares what autistic burnout actually felt like behind the scenes, from years of sleep deprivation as a parent to the quiet habit of constantly judging himself for being different.

If you’ve ever felt pressure to be “normal,” struggled with burnout, or wrestled with the realities of autistic parenting, this episode explores what changes after diagnosis, why pacing matters more than pushing through, and how self-understanding can reduce the constant inner pressure.


Ruben is a startup consultant based in Sydney. He’s on his 13th different career, currently writing Choose Your Own Adventure books for startup founders, while wearing many other hats. After 45 often confusing years, including the last five raising a young child, he was diagnosed as autistic last year and is still working through what that means.

Chapters
00:01:22 – Four years of severe sleep deprivation
00:09:13 – When parenting exhaustion becomes physical
00:29:14 – Stopping the self-judgment spiral
00:45:00 – Trying to be “normal” for years
00:46:23 – Pacing energy to be a better parent
00:47:00 – Learning to be less hard on himself

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