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0 pointsvarjag3y ago0 comments

Getting bored is not a burnout.

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Ya it's like calling depression "just being sad"

I've heard there is a secondary condition called, "bored out" which is similar, but not a 1:1. I mean, pathologically speaking, I am not sure if bored out exists, but as far as buzzwords for a bundle of emotions, then I think it's quite valid.

SpikyBlackHard3y ago

I've burned out and "recovered", getting bored is what I feel like when the monster is peeking over the horizon. It's the leading edge of another one.

I'll be playing cat and mouse with it for the rest of my life probably. So yes I think you sort of can aka getting bored with burnout...

sbf5013y ago

I could have worded that better. I think it is in indication that burnout is headed your way. When you don't want to a do a job anymore that you used to like doing (bored if it) and you are being forced to continue doing it, burnout is about to happen.

varjagOP3y ago

It's possible there are many different paths to the clinical end state, but for me burnout had nothing to do with boredom at all. It also didn't feel like being bored when it has set on.

sbf5013y ago

I guess I could have reworded my rewording better. My multiple experiences with burnout were preceded by boredom, but I guess my burnout isn't the same as your burnout, or others' burnout. I define burnout as just not giving a f*ck anymore, not caring if the project succeeds or fails, or if I get fired. I don't know what others' burnout is like.

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wnolens3y ago

Ya it's like calling depression "just being sad"

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SpikyBlackHard3y ago

I've burned out and "recovered", getting bored is what I feel like when the monster is peeking over the horizon. It's the leading edge of another one.

I'll be playing cat and mouse with it for the rest of my life probably. So yes I think you sort of can aka getting bored with burnout...

sbf5013y ago

varjagOP3y ago

It's possible there are many different paths to the clinical end state, but for me burnout had nothing to do with boredom at all. It also didn't feel like being bored when it has set on.

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