Ash
Life is just too heavy. I’m carrying mountains on my back every day. They grow and get heavier as those around me add to them, with no thought to the weight I’m already carrying. Nobody is around to take some of the burden off my shoulders when I just can’t keep going, but instead continue to push down on me, making the task of just breathing seem insurmountable. Everyone talks about burnout as if it’s the same thing as being tired or bored, maybe because it’s no longer cool to just say you’re tired and/or bored. But burnout is real, and it’s far past being physically tired or bored or stressed out- all of those things are merely precursors, warning signs even, some milder than others. Burnout is like extreme mental, physical, emotional exhaustion, coupled with crippling anxiety and depression, with a coat of apathy on top just to keep you numb, while you basically waste away from the inside out. It’s spirit breaking madness, in which your mind and body just fucking quit on y