Megan Hills
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Definition attempt #1
Burnout: Trying to look normal while carrying an invisible grand piano.
Definition attempt #2
Burnout: When finishing sentences is….
Definition attempt #3
Burnout: When you wish the word ‘fatigue’ was a sugar-laden French pastry.
Definition attempt #4
Burnout: When all your 7 dwarves are called Snoozy.
Definition attempt #5
Burnout: The power of (napping) now
Definition attempt #6
Burnout: When you realise that [...]
Let’s play ‘What’s in a name?’ This is one for those burned-out folk who have a diagnosis that falls in the realm of a ‘syndrome’.
The most popular acronyms seem to be: AF, CFS, FM and ME. Kind of like the top stock exchange listings for burnout.
The AF bit
I was diagnosed with adrenal fatigue. From [...]
Florence Nightingale had chronic fatigue syndrome. Or so they say. Truth or fiction, this rumour helps to give this mysterious condition a bit of 'street cred'. But sometimes these stories can add to the challenge, rather than relieve it.
CFS associations throughout the western world love to drop Nightingale's name. Yep, she is "one of us". [...]
Many have described Mother Teresa as being "tireless in helping others". As someone with chronic fatigue, I can understand how a burned out individual might find this hard to imagine. Being 'tireless' that is.
That burnt out individual might also feel a little resentful about the term 'tireless'. The worshipping of 'tireless generosity' in [...]
