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Getting bored is not a burnout.

by varjag 4y ago

wnolens 4y ago
Ya it's like calling depression "just being sad"
SpikyBlackHard 4y ago
I've burned out and "recovered", getting bored is what I feel like when the monster is peeking over the horizon. It's the leading edge of another one. I'll be playing cat and mouse with it for the rest of my life probably. So yes I think you sort of can aka getting bored with burnout...
sbf501 4y ago
I could have worded that better. I think it is in indication that burnout is headed your way. When you don't want to a do a job anymore that you used to like doing (bored if it) and you are being forced to continue doing it, burnout is about to happen.
- varjag 4y ago
  It's possible there are many different paths to the clinical end state, but for me burnout had nothing to do with boredom at all. It also didn't feel like being bored when it has set on.
  - sbf501 4y ago
    I guess I could have reworded my rewording better. My multiple experiences with burnout were preceded by boredom, but I guess my burnout isn't the same as your burnout, or others' burnout. I define burnout as just not giving a f*ck anymore, not caring if the project succeeds or fails, or if I get fired. I don't know what others' burnout is like.
    - varjag 4y ago
      I had only one episode, it lasted 18 months of complete inability to perform my job (that I was perfectly capable doing before). Full recovery took several years. It was like a firecracker went off in your head and left a buzz that prevents you to stick to your task even for a second - except there's no actual buzzing sound. The trajectory that took me there was acutely unpleasant but I would not describe any of it as boredom. You ain't getting bored on your death march. Can't imagine several such experiences, I'd rather change career.
hirvi74 4y ago
I've heard there is a secondary condition called, "bored out" which is similar, but not a 1:1. I mean, pathologically speaking, I am not sure if bored out exists, but as far as buzzwords for a bundle of emotions, then I think it's quite valid.

Getting bored is not a burnout.

by varjag 4y ago

Getting bored is not a burnout.

wnolens 4y ago

Ya it's like calling depression "just being sad"

SpikyBlackHard 4y ago

I've burned out and "recovered", getting bored is what I feel like when the monster is peeking over the horizon. It's the leading edge of another one. I'll be playing cat and mouse with it for the rest of my life probably. So yes I think you sort of can aka getting bored with burnout...

sbf501 4y ago

I could have worded that better. I think it is in indication that burnout is headed your way. When you don't want to a do a job anymore that you used to like doing (bored if it) and you are being forced to continue doing it, burnout is about to happen.

varjag 4y ago
It's possible there are many different paths to the clinical end state, but for me burnout had nothing to do with boredom at all. It also didn't feel like being bored when it has set on.
- sbf501 4y ago
  I guess I could have reworded my rewording better. My multiple experiences with burnout were preceded by boredom, but I guess my burnout isn't the same as your burnout, or others' burnout. I define burnout as just not giving a f*ck anymore, not caring if the project succeeds or fails, or if I get fired. I don't know what others' burnout is like.
  - varjag 4y ago
    I had only one episode, it lasted 18 months of complete inability to perform my job (that I was perfectly capable doing before). Full recovery took several years. It was like a firecracker went off in your head and left a buzz that prevents you to stick to your task even for a second - except there's no actual buzzing sound. The trajectory that took me there was acutely unpleasant but I would not describe any of it as boredom. You ain't getting bored on your death march. Can't imagine several such experiences, I'd rather change career.

hirvi74 4y ago

I've heard there is a secondary condition called, "bored out" which is similar, but not a 1:1. I mean, pathologically speaking, I am not sure if bored out exists, but as far as buzzwords for a bundle of emotions, then I think it's quite valid.