Here's another sucky thing that can happen - you unconsciously adjust and adapt to the conditions that cause burnout and end up accepting them as "the way it is

Here's another sucky thing that can happen - you unconsciously adjust and adapt to the conditions that cause burnout and end up accepting them as "the way it is / life." It happens slowly and without notice. There is no "rock bottom" so you're never forced to confront the situation head on. It's like death by a thousand paper cuts.