Petra van Cronenburg<p>I've seen a lot of posts from people talking about <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/burnout" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>burnout</span></a> and advertising ‘small pleasures’ as medicine. Unfortunately, the word burnout is used lightly for any kind of <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/exhaustion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>exhaustion</span></a>.</p><p>If you have a *real* burnout, this hole of exhaustion where nothing works anymore (even not your brain), please seek professional help, not gurus. The sooner you find it, the sooner you can recognise your own behavioural patterns and get real therapy. You can't sip away a burnout with a cup of tea.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/mentalHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mentalHealth</span></a></p>