Requesting Ideas: 14 year old autistic daughter wants to be alone for a week
Seeking solutions for my 14 year old daughter (she and myself are both ASD Level 1, she's also highly gifted). She was diagnosed a few months ago after we realized how much she was struggling with the transition to high school this past fall.
She's been riding the burnout line and while we tried to start ACT therapy, she wasn't ready to do it, so we stopped. She also has misophonia.
Today she was in tears telling us that she's really backed up on processing and she feels like she needs to be alone for an entire week to recover even though she knows it's not possible. You know the feeling...when you must wipe your calendar clean of all obligations and completely check out of regular life because you're so overloaded.
Please help me brainstorm ways I can help her! She is extremely responsible and I am very open to ideas for how to help her meet her needs for solitude.