I have my own take on the issue pieced together from my own reading and work experience. There are two kinds of burnout and they can reinforce and overlap. Th

I have my own take on the issue pieced together from my own reading and work experience. There are two kinds of burnout and they can reinforce and overlap. The first is physical burnout. This is when your body just gives out because you don’t sleep well enough, you stop eating or exercising. The causes of this can be a poor habits, stress or being busy. It may also be because you just don’t feel like exercising. This brings us to the second form of burnout - cognitive burnout or depression. Cognitive burnout is a result of your self concept failing. You experience set backs and obstacles which convince you that who you are right now is a failure and someone who’s actions don’t make any difference in the world. What you can achieve doesn’t seem in line with what you want to be. This can often be because you are physically burned out. You are less effective hence reinforcing that belief. If this is the case focus first on lowering your stress levels. Stop worrying about too much of work or being fired for now. You have far more serious problems. Get your sleep exercise and diet on track. Once you’ve done that you need to work on your self limiting beliefs. You need to understand that your failures don’t define you you can choose a new path and a new set of values. If you find that too difficult you can take the help of therapists and counselors. Reach out to your friends and discuss things with them. Maintain a healthy lifestyle and a healthy diversity of interests and sources of self validation and meaning. Avoid too much stress and try to have more free time for exploration. Have friends and a community to fall back on and be open with when you have issues. These are the ways to reduce the probability of burnout.