ESCAPE BURNOUT
Mar 10, 2021
3 minutes
BY LYNYA FLOYD
ILLUSTRATION BY
DIEGO PATINO
E’LL GIVE YOU the good news first: surveys show that one side effect of the pandemic is that we’re all more productive. Whoop, whoop! The bad news: some experts think it’s because so many of us are working longer hours. American psychologist Herbert Freudenberger first popularised the term burnout in the 1970s after observing overworked staffers at a free New York City-based health clinic. He characterised burnout, the feeling of extreme fatigue, as a response to overwhelming stress and expectations.
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