Implicit in the term "burnout" is that it's good and healthy to do this (rather inhuman, intense) thing in these vast quantities. That to get sick from it is so

Implicit in the term "burnout" is that it's good and healthy to do this (rather inhuman, intense) thing in these vast quantities. That to get sick from it is somehow this weird aberration. But if you consume too much of pretty much anything you'll get sick. Even good stuff. That's perfectly normal.