Tarot & Neurodivergence | Burnout pt. 2 and the Decks That are Helping 

I’m so glad that talking about what you’re going through helps you. I find these videos so valuable for my own mental health. 😊❤ thank you for sharing with us.

It's been fascinating to hear how many people have recently dealt with Tarot burnout. I was dealing with it until recently, for a few months. For the first time ever I allowed myself to just rest without guilt. I'd also been dealing with some stuff in my personal life and just needed to rest and recover. I had some brief moments of kinda wanting to get back into working with my Tarot and Oracle decks but when I tried my brain just couldn't/wouldn't do readings for myself. So I rested more. My (not yet officially diagnosed) ADHD brain typically doesn't let me rest well. But this time it kinda did. I basically just vegged and set everything aside and just watched TV and napped. I came back to working with my decks recently and feel newly inspired. TarotTube and videos like yours helped me to know it wasn't just me and that it's OK to rest and pursue other interests as well and not feel guilty.

I truly appreciate your sharing what you're going through with us. I'm quite sure a lot of us have felt this same kind of burnout at one point or another. It does suck when that one thing that's so special for you suddenly becomes too heavy to the point of being a burden. Take all the time you need to recover. We're not going anywhere :) By the way, I also just recently got the I'm Here deck and soooo loving it too. It does feel like a hug from a cotton-candy cloud!

Thank you for sharing your experience it is appreciated. You said sharing your experience with this helps you, but it also helps give a form of validation to others experiencing the same things. ❤

Hi Christa!!! 😊 Thanks for your very open and honest videos dealing with the overwhelm and burnout issues. I think you sort of showed me ( self diagnosing here on my end) what it feels like to love something, some hobby, but to feel disconnected to it at the same time. I have noticed this happens to me when I don't keep "balance". What I mean is...we have super "focus" on things we love...and that can feel like a warming Sunbeam or unbalanced can feel like a burning magnifying glass burn, if you know what I mean? It's a metaphor for being super concentrated...and I found throughout my life my happiest times were when I consistently "balanced" my interests. For instance; Now, I read one fiction book and one nonfiction at the same time. I embroider and read tarot, I bake when I don't have to cook dinner, I clean for two hours but garden for four hours ( because gardening is more fun 😅) just always having another "foot" to shift to for variation. Not sure if this could at all help you, but thought I might toss my coping mechanisms out to you? I don't have an official diagnosis, so I am for sure NOT an expert and am just suspecting I have some "spectrum" traits very very strongly. I do have some other diagnosed issues, ( BP, depression etc.) and "balance" helps with these overwhelms also. Hope this helps you to feel less alone in this right now! Sending lots of happy, healing energy your way!!! You always make great videos, no matter the subject! Keep smiling and laughing...it's lovely to see!!! 😊😊😊😊😊😊

I love the lens u look through for the tarot. It's not a view a lot of ppl look at enjoy your perspective 😊 😊❤ thanks for your vulnerability. I have had ppl burn out and barely leave my suburb.. it's been heavy apathy on me...no motivation, no interest in things...music (sound therapy) has been my anchor to get out of my head and drop into my heart...sometimes we have to de-tach to recover our inner strength...sending much love to u 😊

I can relate so much! It's a delicate balance. Thanks for sharing your story! I did a VR to your first video a while ago.

I'm sorry you've been going through it lately 💜 I'm glad you're taking time to reflect and honor your needs. You can't pour from an empty cup, take your time to refill, rest, and restore yourself.

The "Tomorrow is a new day" is not helpful for me. What I feel when that phrase comes out is "no, no it's not. it's the same". When I feel like I'm spinning and nothing is attaching, I pick a few decks and pull all the fours out. Fours feel stable and grounding for me. I don't journal, I just look at 4's from different decks. It helps me somehow to feel "back " in my body and able to connect with "something". Weird, right? Thank you so much for sharing what you've been feeling. It does help to know I'm not alone with feeling what I call"life" burnout.

When I'm in autistic burn out my favourite thing to do with my decks is to sit on the floor and just look through them, enjoying the artwork. No card pulls or readings, just playing with my collection. Sometimes I'm unable to even pull a deck out (executive dysfunction, all my brain power has to go to parenting), I just look at them and it's still a happy place. Love your idea of making a nest. Thanks for being vulnerable, its so appreciated. ❤

Oh yes, "tomorrow is another day" can bring Shakespeare to mind- "Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow, Creeps in this petty pace from day to day..." . All I know is that at least some tomorrows are going to be OK. And that seems to be enough... although the guilt of "not being productive" still lingers.

This is a new term you taught me. "Skill regression." I have ADHD and I have to deal with this sometimes. So much that people include in their tarot practices are simply too overwhelming for me and I am simply too exhausted to engage in it. I feel so very unproductive compared to a lot of people with channels that do journaling and scrap booking.

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Christa, thank you so much for sharing your experience in another wonderful video. I feel you with what you were saying about the importance of keeping to a routine AND not shaming yourself when you break the routine. Slowing down and listening to myself helps to ground me, too. "Be easy" is my go-to saying to myself. "Bring in the things that feel important to me in the way I can that day" -- YES!! So much of what you said resonated with me, and I found this video super helpful. Thank you!! Much love!! 💛💛💛

Thank you for this. "This is not going to feel better in a night." Also newly diagnosed. Also really going thru burnout. Thanks for this validation! Exhaustion. Can't make dinner. Going thru motions at work. Yes. While I'm so sorry you hit burnout too, I'm glad you shared. Hugs and thanks! And I love these grounding/grounded deck choices. 🌹 (Blooming Lovelies is coming to my mailbox soon and I'm so excited)

I find this very relatable, spot on for me. Your coping skills are admirable and helpful, mid video grabbed a cozy oracle to shuffle as I watched. Thanks for sharing.