I hope you never really understand what it's like to be burned out. That you will never know what it feels like to no longer have a reason to get out of bed in the morning. What it feels like to be so lonely, sad and tired. So tired that you can no longer even…
Personal development
You have taken a few weeks or months of rest, you have eliminated the biggest stressors from your life and you have worked hard on yourself to tackle the cause of the burnout and yet... You don't recover enough. Complaints remain no matter what you do and you have the feeling that you can no…
Horrible! That's the first word that comes to mind when I think back to the period when I was at home with a burnout. And I have been at home for a long time... I have been at home in a daze for at least 1 year and it also took me 1 year to…
I didn't expect to feel like this again 6 years after my burnout. So tired (read exhausted), so insecure and so shaky. Because I know this feeling, I had this feeling when I was burned out. But that is not the case now. No, now there is something physically wrong with me and yet it…
Oh no, there are those first symptoms again! Although burnout can be experienced differently by everyone, most of us 'recovering' are familiar with the horror of relapse.
Sometimes the complaints during a relapse are so intense that it can cause a 'new' fear: the fear of relapse. For example, you can become stressed or panicky…
If you have experienced a burnout, you know what it is. Simple tasks become terribly difficult, almost impossible to perform. Brushing your teeth feels like a marathon. Showering yourself feels like a victory and you can't even think about those dirty dishes. But what if you notice that someone around you has suffered burnout or…
Self-love or self-compassion is something that is important and that we should all have. How do you ensure that you develop self-compassion? In this article, compassion means the tender recognition of pain or stress combined with the desire to relieve or soothe it.
You can recognize pain and stress by accepting your limits as a human…
"Amaa, can you…?" "Amaa would you..?" 'Amaa, you are so good at…' Naturally! No problem. Come on, I'd love to do it. Nothing is too much, I like to help my fellow man to make things easier and more fun. Okay, the fact that I don't have to face confrontation and therefore it remains pleasant…
When I was at home with my burnout, I really wanted to know how on earth I could get out of this misery as quickly as possible. I had two questions: 1 “How long will this take?” and 2 “What do I have to do to get out of this as quickly as possible?” Well,…
A tickle. In my belly. A tickle in my stomach!!
A tickle in my stomach instead of pain between my shoulders. A tickle in my stomach instead of the heavy tired backpack.
This is how I woke up this morning. Kriebel has (temporarily) replaced the painful luggage. The night passed without wild, lifelike and deadly…