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There's a literature on burnout. Burnout is the qualitative word for stress induced sterility -- ie "Things are so bad that having a child right now would be di
by dlss 12y ago
There's a literature on burnout. Burnout is the qualitative word for stress induced sterility -- ie "Things are so bad that having a child right now would be disastrous"
(ie people reporting burnout are usually temporarily sterile, people who are "stressed but happy" are usually not sterile)
This is why burnout correlates so strongly with being overworked. Your body is rightly concluding it can't reproduce in your current situation, and gives you a strong prod toward fixing the problem.
Apparently Marissa's "resentful meter" correlates strongly with her body's "I can't reproduce in this situation meter". I don't think this is true for most people.
- DarkIye 12y agoThat's a very interesting theory, but quick googling doesn't bring up anything relating to this correlation you suggest. Do you have any evidence to back up your claim?
- dlss 12y agohttp://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=burnout+infertility http://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=burnout+infertility and http://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=stress+infertility http://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=stress+infertility Both have very good data in the top 10 results. If you're looking for a pop sci writeup, I'm not sure if there's a good source.