The Quiet Creep of Burnout
Burnout rarely arrives all at once. It tends to seep in quietly, threading itself through everyday life until what once felt manageable begins to feel heavy, relentless, and oddly joyless. Many people I work with describe a sense that they should be coping better, that nothing is dramatically wrong, and yet everything feels harder than it used to. This slow erosion is often overlooked, particularly by those who are carrying a disproportionate share of responsibility at home alongside work and emotional labour.
High Functioning Depression: The Struggle No One Sees
As a therapist, I often meet people who arrive in sessions carrying a quiet confusion. They are successful, reliable, thoughtful and capable. They meet deadlines, they care for their families, they show up for friends, from the outside, their lives appear steady and even admirable. Yet privately they describe a persistent heaviness or a sense of moving through life behind a pane of glass. Many of them say the same thing in different words.