To be clear, this wasn’t just their failure—supervisors were as overwhelmed by the system as I was. They weren’t trained to see burnout as systemic, or to recognize the needs of neurodivergent staff. What’s particularly tragic is how little it would have taken to keep me going: quiet spaces to decompress, realistic caseloads, and supervisors trained to recognize that burnout isn’t a personal failure but a sign the system itself is unsustainable.