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Burnout is just a form of depression packed into a term that seems more acceptable.


Ok, I actually take it back, if it was depression the author wouldn't say they'll take time to rest - this text does look like burnout indeed.

Burnout and depression are two different things (different cause, some similar/overlaping but still distinct symptoms and different kind of treatment).


I'd phrase as 'depression is burnout of the self', or 'burnout is depression of non-self contexts' such as alternate, or specialist contexts, per project/ profession, etc. (with self simply being the default context)




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