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If you never feel stress, fatigue, or doubt — you’re probably not alive. — What it’s about — What’s happening Stress, fatigue, and doubt are unavoidable. The real question is how you respond. Only the third path works long-term. Shame doubles the load. Suppression [...]

Fact Burnout often does not arise from the sheer amount of work, but from long-term neglect of your own rhythm. We most often overload ourselves when we: So overload is not just about workload, but about the loss of inner alignment. — Unseen [...]

I remember it clearly from my startup years: highly stressed, rushing through urgent tasks, constantly feeling behind on the important ones. People around me — with the best intentions — kept telling me that such a lifestyle was not sustainable. [...]

Facts — Unseen angles — Extensions Schema explanation: Observable state / behavior Invisible dynamic leading forward Holding everything together – managing tasks, family, projects, responsibilities Pressure builds – no pause or real relief Sharp reactions – outbursts, blunt comments, colder tone Only harshness [...]

They are high-performing and everybody relies on them. But sometimes they are cold or blunt. Warmth is a luxury for those who have capacity. Learn to reflect: how much of your sharpness comes from your character, and how much from [...]

What it’s about Depression, burnout, and other diagnoses often freeze a poor psychological state instead of pointing to a solution. — What’s happening You function. You work hard. You succeed. But you don’t feel well: As time goes on, it gets [...]

F: Fact – On diagnoses in modern psychiatry Diagnostic manuals for mental disorders like DSM or ICD are descriptive catalogs of symptoms. They don’t work with a person’s story. They don’t link diagnosis to causes, only to manifestations. They don’t [...]

On the surface they’re efficient, respected, reliable. Inside, something quieter takes hold: joy flattens, meaning slips, rest no longer restores. That’s the hidden cost of high performance. [...]