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Ahhh so only people who are single minded have the luxury to have their condition called burn out?

Have you been burned out? I have and I'm still recovering. And my condition ain't that bad either. But discord between what I have come to expect of myself and what others have become to rely on from me and the sad reality that mere thought of activities I used to excel in, make me physically sick.

First you get tired, then you stop enjoying your work, then slowly others change their opinion of you from being the coolest person you become a drag in their eyes. Then you loose job, then your spouse leaves you. And then the society calls you a looser.

Some people get lucky and see where it is going while in early stages. Others try to compensate and blow it.

And there's the third kind who yap about it while not having a slightest clue.



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