How burnout manifests.

Burnout syndrome appears as:rO4

  • Emotional exhaustion: An overwhelmed sense where no more could imaginably be tolerated. Rest & vacation don’t change anything.
  • Depersonalization or cynicism: Short fuse with everyone & a persistent assumption of malicious intent.
  • Sense of personal ineffectiveness: Even when things are going well, there’s a loss of purpose & no sense of accomplishment.

This is not merely stress.


  1. Csaba Okrona, “Demystifying Burnout – A Deep Dive Into Its Symptoms And Remedies,” June 26, 2023, https://leadership.garden/demystifying-burnout/. (See notes.)