Are you burned out? What’s the difference between burn out and stress or an anxiety disorder? Here are a few questions you can use to check in with yourself to see if you are experiencing burn out.

Burnout is not your fault. Society encourages burnout in capitalism. We aren’t machines but are expected to put work first and make many personal sacrifices. How can we heal from burnout if we didn’t cause it?

Is being burned out a badge of honor? Society rewards overworking so is there less stigma associated with being burned out? Being burned out feels like you were following the rules of capitalism so much that you crashed. Is there pride in being able to handle so much all at once?