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I always thought burnout was IT lingo for work induced stress. Don’t get me wrong, it’s serious, but it always seemed to me akin to “shellshock” vs “PTSD”. She

I always thought burnout was IT lingo for work induced stress. Don’t get me wrong, it’s serious, but it always seemed to me akin to “shellshock” vs “PTSD”. Shellshock just carries a lot of weight as a word on its own. It sounds serious and traumatizing and you don’t really need to know what it means in order to respect the diagnosis.

bayesian_horse 7y ago
Burnout is also used as a socially-acceptable reason for mental health problems. "I work so hard that I get sick" is more acceptable than "I get sick because I'm crazy/mentally ill". Which is in itself a false choice.