A short guide to the earlier signs of burnout, with attention to drag, thinning energy, and the cost of forcing clarity.
Waiting for collapse makes recovery harder. Noticing friction sooner allows for smaller, kinder corrections.
Author
Alpár Kertész
Clinical psychologist • Ericksonian hypnotherapist
Illustration direction
A dim reading room with one narrow line of reflected light on worn stone.
Expanded guide in review
Burnout often begins quietly. The system starts asking more than it can carry, and the cost shows up first as friction.
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