Supporting Myself Through Burnout?

How do you guys support yourself when you start to notice burnout? I’ve been having episodes of shutdowns the past few weeks, and slowly becoming more tired, annoyed, and apathetic. My senses feel fried. I can’t enjoy or dislike anything I take in. I feel numb. Not depressed, but I know this feeling will get me there. Part of it is capitalism, I know. My job isn’t crazy stressful. Customer service in retail. I don’t mask at work, if I do, its so I can articulate myself in a way that is better perceived. The fact that there is no true path out of this is overwhelming me. School, work, a life of expectations and neurotypical catering. Sounds miserable. I can’t take time off work. I already work the bare minimum. My car needs several thousand dollars of work so I am working for that. Still driving it despite the safety issues. It feels borderline suicidal to start it everyday and go to my job. The line of retail I work in is akin to a special interest of mine, but it doesn’t help anymore. My time is not expendable. My energy. All this money, this work, is. I’m in the midst of getting my autism diagnosis. I know I am autistic. I just really want to finally have something to prove to my family that I’m not lazy or rude, I’m just being pushed to my limits. Unsure how much this will truly change for me. I’m hoping I could draw unemployment, or at least look into it. I’m 17. I know I’m smart. Got a good head on my shoulders. Graduated a year early because I was so burnt out from school, that I spiraled into obsessively working towards getting out. Didn’t eat, slept every minute I wasn’t working or in school, didn’t have friends, or interests. Its been a full year now, and I feel like I’m just now recovering from the 5+ years of burnout. I don’t wanna do it again. The world feels awfully big when I’m this young and small. Music, art, and writing are my only outlets. Why aren’t those things enough. I know I have talent in those fields. Why am I required to have education, a degree, connections, social skills, to prove what my fingers can easily provide?