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Sounds like a depression.
by chmike 13y ago
Sounds like a depression.
- neohaven 13y agoWhich is why burnout is mostly work-induced depression.
- flipcoder 13y agohow would someone know if it's work-induced? Depression is commonly attributed to things that weren't actually the cause.
- dnautics 13y agodepression is chronic and not necessarily tied to real expectations of real things. Burnout is acute, most people with burnout snap back, although it might take a while.
- dropit_sphere 13y agoWhile this is true, I think "fuzzy forecast of the general future" is the thing that ties them together. That chronic depression is caused by chemicals rather than external data seems to be a minor point (well, not for treatment, but you know what I mean). I'm not sure it's possible to simultaneously believe "in the future, I will be deliriously happy," and be depressed.
- burntroots 12y agoAnd/or adrenal fatigue.