Tag: burn out

  • Behind and burned out (but still beating myself up)

    Behind and burned out (but still beating myself up)

    Young Asian woman lying on her bed staring blankly at the ceiling with earphones in. Photo.
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    Useless. Lazy. Pathetic. I’m very ill right now and we’re in the middle of a global pandemic, but that doesn’t stop me feeling guilty about everything I’m not doing. I’m burned out and exhausted, but the more time I spend trying to just take care of myself the further behind I get on everything else. This isn’t healthy, I know that logically, but logic doesn’t help right now. (Strap in for a super self-indulgent post, y’all, with a content warning for self harm, mental illness, and poor hygiene habits.)

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