- take a 6-month break - if you can't afford, find a part-time low-stress job paying just your bills and try to slow down - have interesting hobbies meeting p

- take a 6-month break - if you can't afford, find a part-time low-stress job paying just your bills and try to slow down - have interesting hobbies meeting people from outside tech purely for fun; if they become stressful in any way disengage without explanation and move away - do saunas - eat well, figure out which food makes you feel good long-term - drink a lot of water - get fit but don't train up to first symptoms of exhaustion, or you'd make your burnout way worse - relax as much as you can I had a friend who was driven to hospital by his bosses and stayed there for >6 months while cutting contact with the outside world completely. You don't want to go that far.