PSA: until you've experienced burnout, you are likely to underestimate how long it takes to recover. It's not a couple of months, it's 6-18 months for partial recovery, and maybe 3 years for full recovery (all depending on how bad it gets). The company burning you out will almost never support your recovery, mostly they'll drop you when you stop being productive.
Nobody in business cares about your health but you, so be your own advocate, or suffer the consequences.
@dznz Going on 10 years now since I did some significant damage to myself to get out of a situation. Pushed way, way too hard and wouldn't accept failure at all. Failed, fell harder into that situation. Wondering if I'll ever properly recover from it.
Today has been bad. I want to be nice to people.
You're all neat. Stuff you do is neat.
@SketchyAbstractions I really hear you about that recovery doubt. I've got scars from work that have caused me further problems down the line, years later.
Best we can do is practice listening to ourselves, and be kind to ourselves like we are kind to the people we love. Easier to say then do, but there it is.
AND guide young people when we see them making those mistakes. Young-uns need protection.
Daniel
Chad of Sketchy Abstractions