Originally published in Well + Good
We’re in an epidemic of burnout. And there’s a silent shame to this. We think to ourselves: Everyone is under a lot of stress, but everyone else seems to be coping. If I’m burned out, maybe I’m worse than other people.
To the contrary, so many of us are burning through our capacity to cope, and many people are silently and secretly burned out. Rather than suffer in silence, we should all be talking about this.
