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Thank you for this. I am definitely going to try these bullets. My sleep has been pretty poor as well as other habits having been trapped in my apartment for 1.

by astrea 5y ago

Thank you for this. I am definitely going to try these bullets. My sleep has been pretty poor as well as other habits having been trapped in my apartment for 1.5 years (my city/state locked down especially hard).

hanniabu 5y ago
Also realize it'll take months to recover, not just a few weekends. Me personally I left my job 8 months ago and just starting to feel better but have more to go, but I was at an extreme case of burnout.
graeme 5y ago
Do they keep you from walks too? I found that extra hard, though only had brief periods fortunately. I forgot to mention a few things: * I found this app absurdly effective. Only used it like 3 times but it had a big impact: https://wuju.app/ https://wuju.app/ * Square breathing helps. Inhale four seconds, hold four seconds, exhale four seconds, hold four seconds, repeat. Can do it as two second instead of four as well. Especially helpful if you feel stress. * Pay attention for stress signs and process them. When I had some burnout it was like my stress response was oversensitive. So noticing I felt stress and either processing it (e..g someone cuts you off, you feel tension —> “They merely walked in front of me, relax, that is not a threat”) or using the breathing technique can help retrain your stress response. Good luck! It does get better, just takes time and good habits. Also random thing that helped once: consciously blowing off everything non essential and diving deep into Hades for a couple weeks. I think it was being totally focussed on a thing, and having a sense of progress, that helped. Would not recommend as first step. Take care of small irritants and get good habits first. But then just totally letting go to some fun hobby can be an important part of the cure. For me it was Hades. For others it could be woodworking or pottery, whatever tends to immerse you.

by astrea 5y ago

hanniabu 5y ago

Also realize it'll take months to recover, not just a few weekends. Me personally I left my job 8 months ago and just starting to feel better but have more to go, but I was at an extreme case of burnout.

graeme 5y ago

Do they keep you from walks too? I found that extra hard, though only had brief periods fortunately. I forgot to mention a few things: * I found this app absurdly effective. Only used it like 3 times but it had a big impact: https://wuju.app/ https://wuju.app/ * Square breathing helps. Inhale four seconds, hold four seconds, exhale four seconds, hold four seconds, repeat. Can do it as two second instead of four as well. Especially helpful if you feel stress. * Pay attention for stress signs and process them. When I had some burnout it was like my stress response was oversensitive. So noticing I felt stress and either processing it (e..g someone cuts you off, you feel tension —> “They merely walked in front of me, relax, that is not a threat”) or using the breathing technique can help retrain your stress response. Good luck! It does get better, just takes time and good habits. Also random thing that helped once: consciously blowing off everything non essential and diving deep into Hades for a couple weeks. I think it was being totally focussed on a thing, and having a sense of progress, that helped. Would not recommend as first step. Take care of small irritants and get good habits first. But then just totally letting go to some fun hobby can be an important part of the cure. For me it was Hades. For others it could be woodworking or pottery, whatever tends to immerse you.