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burnout
If you feel like you’ve been running on fumes, overwhelmed by things that once felt manageable, and unable to recover no matter how much you rest, you may be experiencing something more serious than exhaustion. It may be burnout.
our approach to handling burnout
Burnout syndrome is a serious condition linked to work or other major responsibilities. It is difficult to address without listening to its message, and it does have a message: no matter how important what you do is, it has stopped feeling meaningful to you.
It happens when you work hard but nobody seems to care, when your effort is taken for granted and not appreciated. As if you were running in the wrong direction, the harder you push, the farther you get from where you need to be. That is why neither more rest nor sheer willpower is enough.
When we treat burnout, we do not focus on helping you rest more or achieve a better work-life balance. We focus on understanding why your effort has stopped feeling meaningful and what may need to change in your work, relationships, responsibilities, or direction so that meaning can return.
For one person, that change may mean a different relationship with management, colleagues, clients, or family. For another, it may mean firmer boundaries, fairer expectations, or a fairer division of responsibilities. And sometimes it means changing the direction you have been pushing yourself in. These changes can be hard to make; burnout can make you feel cornered, but there is a way out.
Our goal is to help you understand what your burnout is telling you, restore a sense of meaning, and find a path where your work, energy, and commitment no longer go to waste. Together, we will identify what needs to change and find a way to make those changes possible.
Am I burned out, depressed, or just tired?
Burnout is often mistaken for depression or simply being tired. Some symptoms, including fatigue, guilt, and difficulty concentrating, can appear in all three. But they differ in how they feel and in what those feelings are telling you.
When you are tired, you feel like resting: a good night’s sleep, a weekend off, or a vacation. Rest restores your interest in work and your ability to be productive. The message of tiredness is simple: get some rest.
Depression comes with a loss of hope, interest, and pleasure, as well as feelings of sadness and guilt. The message of depression is: nothing is likely to feel good.
Burnout, by contrast, is marked by frustration, resentment, and a loss of meaning. The message of burnout is: what you are doing has stopped feeling meaningful.
These three conditions may overlap, coexist, or lead into one another. Getting rest or treating depression may reduce suffering, but burnout will not go away unless its root cause – the loss of meaning – is also addressed.
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