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Why are you and iqster twisting words? How is becoming incapable of doing what you trained your whole life for, due to too much of it not burnout? He even list

Why are you and iqster twisting words? How is becoming incapable of doing what you trained your whole life for, due to too much of it not burnout? He even lists symptoms he experienced. Jacques was lucky that he had funds to start something unrelated (like living his life) and productive, but he kept repeating that his business could suffer if he didn't have people who could take care of it (or whatever). The fact is that he couldn't bring himself to do what he was doing until that point of life to make a living. What does define burnout then?

haploid 16y ago
How is it possible for you to become "incapable" of working? Aside from debilitating injury, of course. If the only thing standing in your way is attitude and motivation, it's fairly trivial to get over it, sack up, and get back to work.
- DuncanIdaho 16y ago
  Its easy for an able bodied person to call person in a wheelchair lazy.
  - haploid 16y ago
    Poor analogy. I already excepted physical disability in my comment. Physical conditions, or cognitive events such as stroke, that make you unable to work are NOT analogous to losing motivation or getting bored.
    - DuncanIdaho 16y ago
      My mother has borreliosis. She got ill 10 years before it was known to be a disease. She is also a workaholic and for 10 years she was told that she ain't nothing wrong with her and that she's lazy by her very own doctor. And her response was: "mr. Doctor, now that I know how laziness feels, I promise I won't ever call anybody lazy again." It's a tangent I know, but look at your attitude. And I sure as hell hope you don't ever burn out to find out how it feels and for you to tell me how well are you able to work. I'd rather have you ignorant for the rest of your life. Let me say this much it might not be as hard as stroke, but It sure as hell feels worse than losing motivation or getting bored.

haploid 16y ago

How is it possible for you to become "incapable" of working? Aside from debilitating injury, of course. If the only thing standing in your way is attitude and motivation, it's fairly trivial to get over it, sack up, and get back to work.

DuncanIdaho 16y ago
Its easy for an able bodied person to call person in a wheelchair lazy.
- haploid 16y ago
  Poor analogy. I already excepted physical disability in my comment. Physical conditions, or cognitive events such as stroke, that make you unable to work are NOT analogous to losing motivation or getting bored.
  - DuncanIdaho 16y ago
    My mother has borreliosis. She got ill 10 years before it was known to be a disease. She is also a workaholic and for 10 years she was told that she ain't nothing wrong with her and that she's lazy by her very own doctor. And her response was: "mr. Doctor, now that I know how laziness feels, I promise I won't ever call anybody lazy again." It's a tangent I know, but look at your attitude. And I sure as hell hope you don't ever burn out to find out how it feels and for you to tell me how well are you able to work. I'd rather have you ignorant for the rest of your life. Let me say this much it might not be as hard as stroke, but It sure as hell feels worse than losing motivation or getting bored.