Burnout

[RemyZee]

What does burnout feel like physically to you?

 

[FayetheADHDsquirrel]

Like I'm tired. Like something must be terribly wrong because I can actually sit still and that is simply not natural.

 

[RemyZee]

Like I'm tired. Like something must be terribly wrong because I can actually sit still and that is simply not natural.

Does it feel, like....heavy? Like your legs don't want to move? I can relate to the thing about being still.

 

[Outdated]

To me burnout and depression are two very different states and not always related to each other.

When I'm burnt out I'm even more antisocial than usual and all my sensitivities seem to be worse.

When I'm depressed I have little energy and I don't find any joy in anything I do. I've never suffered from the negative mindset that a lot of people do but that doesn't mean I'm always happy.

 

[Rocco]

For me burn out feels like emotional and physical exhaustion. Poor decision making also seems to happen when I am burnt.

 

[FayetheADHDsquirrel]

Does it feel, like....heavy? Like your legs don't want to move? I can relate to the thing about being still.

I don't think so.

 

[VictorR]

For me, burnout typically is a feeling of being checked out - having difficulty thinking / processing things, and being generally disinterested in doing anything.

 

[Rodafina]

For me, burnout feels like sinking into the floor and becoming a speck of dust under a carpet.

It feels like a lack of ability to move, to think, to care. It is a quiet version of survival mode - just hiding until I can build myself back up again.

 

[Kitsuna]

It feels like a lack of ability to move, to think, to care. It is a quiet version of survival mode - just hiding until I can build myself back up again.

Mine, in a nutshell. I’ll make sure basic things are done, but that’s it.