> have worked at 6 failed startups in a row, and can't face work, or looking for a job I don't know much about your situation but this comment on HN from 2013

> have worked at 6 failed startups in a row, and can't face work, or looking for a job I don't know much about your situation but this comment on HN from 2013 (1) might be helpful in your situation: Burnout is caused when you repeatedly make large amounts of sacrifice and or effort into high-risk problems that fail. It's the result of a negative prediction error in the nucleus accumbens. You effectively condition your brain to associate work with failure. [snip] On the heels of the failure of a project where I have spent weeks building up for, I will quickly force myself to do routine molecular biology, or general lab tasks, or a repeat of an experiment that I have gotten to work in the past. These all have an immediate reward. Now I don't burn out anymore, and find it easier to re-attempt very difficult things, with a clearer mindset. (1) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5630618 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5630618