Burnout seems to be the most common mental health issue at startups. The gradual presentation makes it difficult to prevent. You feel like you are pushing the l

Burnout seems to be the most common mental health issue at startups. The gradual presentation makes it difficult to prevent. You feel like you are pushing the limit, but that you can handle it. Then you have a couple weeks of crunch where you start to fall behind, and this snowballs the deterioration of your mental health and productivity at the same time. It is much cheaper to treat by taking a weeks long vacation when the pressure is reaching the limit than dealing with the months long fallout of pushing the engine until it breaks.