Burnout can sneak up on you, but some signs are major red flags: emotional exhaustion, brain fog, irritability, detachment, low motivation, and a feeling of numbness or disconnection. If your usual coping strategies aren’t working, or you find yourself dreading even small tasks, that’s a sign it’s more than just stress.
Not usually—and definitely not sustainably.
Burnout doesn’t magically disappear with a weekend off or a few days of rest. It’s the result of chronic emotional, physical, or mental overload, often paired with a lack of boundaries, unmet needs, or unprocessed stress.
While you might feel temporary relief after a break, true recovery from burnout requires deeper shifts: in how you relate to stress, how you prioritize yourself, and how your nervous system processes overload.
In therapy, we work together to uncover what’s fueling the burnout—whether it’s perfectionism, people-pleasing, past trauma, or systemic stress—and help you build tools and boundaries that lead to real, lasting change.
You don’t have to push through. There’s a better way, and healing is possible.
No, but they’re deeply connected—and often overlap.
Anxiety is a state of heightened stress, worry, and nervous system activation. It can cause racing thoughts, physical tension, and difficulty relaxing—even when there’s no immediate threat.
Burnout, on the other hand, is what happens when you’ve been living in a state of prolonged stress or emotional overload for too long. It often shows up as emotional exhaustion, numbness, loss of motivation, and feeling disconnected from yourself or others.
Many people with burnout also experience anxiety, and vice versa. One often feeds into the other—anxiety keeps you in overdrive, and burnout is your body’s way of saying, “I can’t do this anymore.”
In therapy, we work to untangle both and help you restore calm, energy, and balance to your nervous system and life.
If you find that burnout is severely affecting your daily life, relationships, or health, and you cannot manage it on your own, it’s important to seek help from a mental health professional.
Yes, burnout and depression share similar symptoms, and if burnout is not addressed, it can increase the risk of developing clinical depression or other mental health issues.
Recovery involves rest, re-evaluating your priorities, seeking professional support (like therapy or counseling), making lifestyle changes, and finding ways to reduce or manage stress.
To prevent burnout, practice self-care by setting healthy boundaries, maintaining a work-life balance, taking breaks, getting enough sleep, exercising regularly, and seeking support when needed.
Burnout can lead to physical health issues like headaches, digestive problems, sleep disorders, a weakened immune system, and even heart disease if left unchecked.
No, burnout can occur in any area of life, including parenting, caregiving, volunteering, or even social roles. Work-related burnout, however, is the most common.
While stress can be temporary and situational, burnout results from chronic stress and leads to a sense of hopelessness, emotional exhaustion, and detachment.