I collapsed at my desk. I broke my cheekbone. I had been working ninety-hour weeks and called it dedication. The collapse was the most important thing that ever happened to me — because it was the start of treating my body as a thing that mattered.

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Burnout

Burnout is not "feeling tired." It is a WHO-recognised occupational phenomenon (ICD-11, 2019) with three measurable dimensions: emotional exhaustion, cynicism, and reduced personal efficacy. Christina Maslach defined and measured it starting in 1981. Emily and Amelia Nagoski (201…

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