According to this I had burnout in kindergarten.
If you find yourself as an adult acting like a toddler, you might have a problem.
Your parents should not have let you in social media in kindergarten
We only had TV back then. But the moral panic was exactly the same.
Anyone else find it irritating that only half of the word "highly" is in bold?
I saw it immediately and my brain was like “the lack of attention to detail completely invalidates this entire thing.”
Then I had to slap my brain and tell it to shut up.
Irritable, you say? 🤔
Damn I like this gif. What keyword did you use to get this out?
Funnily, it was just a top result for “star trek”.
Same. But I'm not cynical, just disappointed, so I'm ok?
So what if we've been feeling like this for as long as we can remember? How long can you burn without going out?
For me it was 52 years. Or 14 if you count the day my first child was born, which in turn put enough stressors on me to burn out and not to read or answer any mail (bills & taxes) and go bankrupt in 2018.
I am on the way out, defend free time like nothing else, but still can feel stress reactions in my body.
These are incredibly broad. There are like 9 different things with equally broad sub points. It would be more concerning if any of you read this and thought “nope, literally none of this applies to me.”
If you need help talk to a therapist, of course do it. If you can roll back some obligations to reduce stress then do it! But don’t let this post spook you. Take care of yourselves, definitely avoid burnout where possible, and have a good weekend!
I'ma take my complaint in a different direction even though the other comments make really good points. Wtf do I do now? This gives me no indication of what I should do once I recognize I'm burnt out.
so all of life. I was gonna say I don't do social media but woops im here.
Going by what this says, I've been burnt out since my junior year of highschool.
Ok how do I fix it?
I'm medicated but still very prone to burnout, and currently burned to a crisp.
I saw this post and realized I'm going through this.
So this response is for me. You can take and modify it to fit your needs. I'm rooting for you.
Outline what you do at work and see what can be offloaded, dropped, given to someone else.
Make some if-thens. (Google up implementation Intentions)
Return to personal hobbies. Oddly enough, I actually have to carve time out.
Find ways to spend more time outside of your work environment. Bonus if you can take your work with you. Going on a walk while catching up on a work recording, or going to the park and cleaning out your emails, or have a meeting in a coffee shop.
This one is the biggest for me: I find myself frequently scrolling through news/social media. This habit of seeking instant distraction can be more mentally draining than recharging. Replacing this behavior with a healthier hobby would be more beneficial for my overall well-being.
Only answer is: Take it easier. Burnout is no joke. If you're already burnt out, you might need months or more to relax enough to get some passion back.
Hm. I have one vacation day left after being sick. Won't get more until next week. Work 10 hour days 4 days a week and the too exhausted to relax most of the remaining 3.
What if... Hear me out... What if I were to be, idk, run over by a bus and hospitalized for a month? /s
Take it easier.
How?
you might need months or more to relax enough to get some passion back
You paying my bills?
I understand the difficulty, but let's put it this way. If you truly are moving towards burnout, either you'll figure out a way to take it easier or eventually your own brain will make you.
You just described my last 2 jobs before I quit and became much happier even tho I was unemployed.
Work is stupid. We should be working 20 hours weeks and fucking around the rest of the time. Everyone would be so much happier.
Or maybe everyone with ADHD (and, this, 80 gagillion hobbies)
I’m there, bro. But I live making that money
It'd be one thing if I was making money. But this job is hostile to my income, it seems like sometimes.
Nah, it's fine. I'm only experiencing all of those signs.
Found the answer, hidden in the inattention...
Once source of great pride the art of crafting ghlyirri tables is nearly forgotten nowadays.
What's with the highly irritable? It's like the person that created the image consciously made that word just partly bold to irritable people. It's so clearly visible I can't believe it was a mistake.
Fuck.
my entire life be like
Woah, 100%. I win!
I don't think this is accurate unless I've been a burnout for most of my life.
I was about to type burnout or ADHD before I noticed the sub
Soooo I have every single symptom. Haha. Gotta grind harder than ever these days....
This is ~~way too close for comfort~~ bullshit.
Care to elaborate ?
No
We all process our challenges differently. I hope you're able to find a healthy way to process yours.
BINGO!
How do I cure burnout because I've been feeling this way for the past 3/4 months?
I was a 911 dispatcher for close to 6 years. Towards the end I was deep into all of these things, and more. I couldn't tell because it had all been normal to me for years by that point. It's insane how normal this can all seem from the inside. My advice to anyone reading this is that you rarely can be a good judge of your own burnout while experiencing it. Listen to the people you trust when they bring these things up. It's not judgement, it's not an attack on you. It's genuinely in your best interest to not let it get too far. I have been out for almost 4 years now and the last 2 months are the first time in almost a decade I remember what actual happiness is like and how it feels to enjoy doing something.
There's no way I've just been burnt out for the past 3 years, I didn't have a job for 1 1/2 of those years
The lighter side of ADHD
