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Depression—which often culminates in burnout—follows from overexcited, overdriven, excessive self-reference that has assumed destructive traits. The exhausted, depressive achievement-subject grinds itself down, so to speak. It is tired, exhausted by itself, and at war with itself. Entirely incapable of stepping outward, of standing outside itself, of relying on the Other, on the world, it locks its jaws on itself; paradoxically, this leads the self to hollow and empty out. It wears out in a rat race it runs against itself.
The Burnout Society
Han, Byung-Chul;
Kristin Neff, the self-compassion expert I mentioned earlier, recommends this one: “This is a moment of suffering. May I be kind to myself.” However, personally I prefer something a bit shorter and simpler. My self-compassion catchphrase is “This really hurts. Be kind.” If either of those appeal to you, feel free to use them; but if you prefer to come up with your own phrase, all the better.
The Happiness Trap
Russ Harris
A hundred years ago G. K. Chesterton wrote, “If you argue with a madman, it is extremely probable that you will get the worst of it; for in many ways his mind moves all the quicker for not being delayed by the things that go with good judgment. He is not hampered by a sense of humour or by charity, or by the dumb certainties of experience. He is the more logical for losing certain sane affections. Indeed, the common phrase for insanity is in this respect a misleading one. The madman is not the man who has lost his reason. The madman is the man who has lost everything except his reason.”
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