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How can I stop a burnout?

Seren

Over the last few months my meltdowns and shutdowns have become more frequent. I'm barely working, I'm exhausted all the time. I feel so alone, useless and a burden and I don't want to go through this anymore. I don't know where to go to get help. I used to be able to do so much, why can't I be who I used to be? What happened, what went wrong?

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  • Hello , I am in a similar situation.

    I am currently taking time off work and seeking support with a counsellor through work and have been referred to a mental health team via my GP.

    I'm resting and researching ways that I can also help myself. 

    I second bunny's suggestion of contacting your GP.

    I hope you find what helps you 

  • in reply to Poodle

    I've been off since early December and it took months of persuasion for my other half to get me to the GP.  It's helped, although having to try and explain the same thing to different people is frustrating.  Also, everyone is trying to help, but I can't explain what's wrong or how they can help, if I knew that I would've already done something about it.  

    I agree with the rest and research.  Although I try not to be too obsessive about the research part!

    I've asked myself those questions at the end of your post many times and I don't think there are answers, so I'm trying to reframe them. 
    'Why can't I be who I used to be?' - was I really ever that person, didn't trying to be that person cause burnout? I can't go backwards, so for me, the question now I think needs to be 'Who do I want to be?'.
    'What happened, what went wrong?' - for me, there is no single thing, it's an accumulation of a whole load of things, there are individual triggers, so it's more 'How can I either cope better with those sorts of triggers or avoid them?'.

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  • in reply to Poodle

    I've been off since early December and it took months of persuasion for my other half to get me to the GP.  It's helped, although having to try and explain the same thing to different people is frustrating.  Also, everyone is trying to help, but I can't explain what's wrong or how they can help, if I knew that I would've already done something about it.  

    I agree with the rest and research.  Although I try not to be too obsessive about the research part!

    I've asked myself those questions at the end of your post many times and I don't think there are answers, so I'm trying to reframe them. 
    'Why can't I be who I used to be?' - was I really ever that person, didn't trying to be that person cause burnout? I can't go backwards, so for me, the question now I think needs to be 'Who do I want to be?'.
    'What happened, what went wrong?' - for me, there is no single thing, it's an accumulation of a whole load of things, there are individual triggers, so it's more 'How can I either cope better with those sorts of triggers or avoid them?'.

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