NDIS Therapy Hervey Bay

09/03/2026

Seen this in families where they have sustained years of caring for their children living with autism. Burnout rate is high and the masking drops for one or both parents.

Often the parent/s in burnout will be “directed” to non neurotypical parenting programs that do not work just increased the anxiety, mental illness of the autistic parent.

Is there an answer? No, too individualised to answer. But certainly understanding is a start for the burnt out parent/s. Seen this in families where they have sustained years of caring for their children living with autism. Burnout rate is high and the masking drops for one or both parents.

Often the parent/s in burnout will be “directed” to non neurotypical parenting programs that do not work just increased the anxiety, mental illness of the autistic parent.

Is there an answer? No, too individualised to answer. But certainly understanding is a start for the burnt out parent/s. Seen this in families where they have sustained years of caring for their children living with autism. Burnout rate is high and the masking drops for one or both parents.

Often the parent/s in burnout will be “directed” to non neurotypical parenting programs that do not work just increased the anxiety, mental illness of the autistic parent.

Is there an answer? No, too individualised to answer. But certainly understanding is a start for the burnt out parent/s.

08/03/2026

It’s difficult when you’re very aware of the traits that lend itself to considering a person may live with autism.

At the moment to say it out loud, even as someone professionally and personally with intense hyperfocis on the topic since it entered my family lives 15 years ago, who regardless of this can receives a lot of criticism, judgement as to why I would lean towards this thinking?

Well my neurodivergent friend below spells it out beautifully …

Oh and no, not everyone is a little autistic. Please don’t use that phase, it’s dismissive to people who struggle and mask daily just to survive.

07/01/2026

Have we been conditioned to overthink our way out of everything 🤔. Which is why our rates of anxiety is so high?

When I was young the standard reply was “stop worrying about it”. While not an ideal approach against modern standards and therapeutic interventions, there was less anxiety and rumination for children of my generation 🤷🏻‍♀️.

21/12/2025

17/12/2025

Thinking of your New Year’s resolutions? Maybe look inward not outward. Of course easy for me to say after years of looking outward!

Facing trauma, coping mechanisms that are unhealthy, minimisimg stressful lifestyles and connections through healing childhood wounds, leads to the healthier ways to live. Bypassing this and the new healthy resolutions often don’t stick.

So, meditate, book a therapy session, start journal writing, anything that feels right for you to release trauma, stress and attachment to patterns of behaviours that keep you stuck. Then new ones can and will develop.

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03/10/2025

As a parent working with in the field of mental health I’ve try to shield a lot of mental health from my children.

But they know, all children know.

It’s so much more prevalent, known, experienced than when I was their age. I wish they didn’t know or didn’t see as much as they do. That my job as a mental health practitioner in schools is not normalised. Truly how did we get here? Not sure, but here we are.

One thing I did not expect, but am so proud of is my daughter backing Black Dog a foundation without any encouragement by me, an organisation I’ve done free training with so I can support people in the lowest times of their lives. Training which I’m sure is subsidised by people like my daughter doing something as simple (for her maybe not others) as running.

If you have some spare change I can assure you it gets out to people, even out to people like me, who then go on to support a lot more 😊

Together, we can help create better mental health for all.

06/06/2025

Anyone want to try to see what it’s like?

03/06/2025

So true. Working with a lot of new and young Mums it’s tough, especially when trauma, violence and other things are added to their lives.

Can we talk about the fact that mums get overstimulated and it’s mistaken for anger..?
No, I’m not angry; I’m just trying to sooth a screaming baby, while hearing mum mum mum, with the tv on full volume, the dishwasher going, some random person mowing their lawn, my phone dinging non stop, my tops too tight, my hair isn’t in a messy bun correctly, there’s crumbs on the floor I can feel stuck to my socks.
I’m not angry I’m ✨overstimulated✨ and need a minute to get myself together 😫
Motherhood is incredibly exhausting.
No matter what someone always needs you.
Go to work; someone needs you, come home; someone needs you, go to sleep; someone needs you, shower time; someone needs you, going to the bathroom; someone needs you. A child, a baby, an adult
Please. Let me collect myself before you start to accuse me of being in a bad mood.
📇Megan Kay
Reshare from Raising Them Barefoot

26/12/2024

Love this!

07/08/2024

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19/07/2024

Amazing overview. Many I work with have these reactions.