Burning Without Burning Out: Why Are We So Exhausted?

At this meeting, we will talk about burnout. Today, it has become one of the most common reasons for long-term absence from work in European countries. But why has burnout become so widespread?

Some researchers believe that the cause lies in the structure of modern life itself. We live faster, work more, and increasingly face chronic stress. Others believe that the problem is primarily related to diagnosis: people have always experienced exhaustion and burnout, but only recently have psychology and psychiatry learned to recognize and describe these conditions.

As usual, at our meeting we will look at burnout from different perspectives. How do psychiatrists explain it? What do philosophers and sociologists have to say about it? What do people do to avoid burning out? And what do you do?

Our super selection of materials, as always, is already waiting for you. You can take a burnout test, play Burnout Bingo, discover The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fck*, get acquainted with Byung-Chul Han, or dive straight into contemporary research.

As always, you don't need to read everything. One material from the selection or your own source on the topic is enough.