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This is not a burnout, this is depression. Possibly one of most valuable things you can do is to focus on better quality of questions you're asking yourself in
by mirekrusin 3y ago
This is not a burnout, this is depression.
Possibly one of most valuable things you can do is to focus on better quality of questions you're asking yourself in your inner dialogue when thinking about anything throughout the day.
I hate to say it but I do believe it'll help you a lot in this situation - brainwash yourself by listening to motivational speakers like Napoleon Hill, Brian Tracy, Tony Robins or any others (pick your best, it doesn't matter; ask GPT4 for a list if you want to explore more).
Do something random outside like going cycling on some local meetup.
If you're unable to do this kind of stuff, your top priority is to take professional help asap.
- dgb23 3y agoBurnout is just a form of depression packed into a term that seems more acceptable.
- mirekrusin 3y agoOk, I actually take it back, if it was depression the author wouldn't say they'll take time to rest - this text does look like burnout indeed. Burnout and depression are two different things (different cause, some similar/overlaping but still distinct symptoms and different kind of treatment).
- aeim 3y agoI'd phrase as 'depression is burnout of the self', or 'burnout is depression of non-self contexts' such as alternate, or specialist contexts, per project/ profession, etc. (with self simply being the default context)
- andyjohnson0 3y ago> Possibly one of most valuable things you can do is to focus on better quality of questions you're asking yourself in your inner dialogue when thinking about anything throughout the day. +1 for this. Learning how to "talk" to yourself with honesty, but also self-compassion, is so important. I wish someone had explained this to me earlier in my life because its a difficult thing to learn and I still struggle with it. Its so easy to deceive or distract yourself when thinking about your own life.
- yuvadam 3y agoGPT is surprisingly good at helping you ask yourself questions, and providing some ideas for exploring better well-being.
- mirekrusin 3y agoYes, it's also probably worth adding GPT4 on the list before seeking professional help - it may help indeed. Using it as daily help to rephrase your inner dialogue questions - great idea. A lot of human reinforcement tuning went towards improvements in this area.