Dr Jo Perkins

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It's depletion on a gradual basis.

Your capacity, capability, energy, and that can be quite subtle in those early stages.

It's different to how you would normally be as a sort of baseline.

It's not just I'm having a bad morning or a bad day or you can point to why it's happening.

Things can feel more burdensome.

An ADHD person will try harder in response to inconsistent performance because that's what they've always done.

That further compromises those limited resources.

It feels like you're losing a grip.

You just can't do the simplest things, assuming you're the one at fault.

There will be a few indicators quite likely.

So again, everything...

I think you've

In your summary that you just gave there, Alex, kind of encapsulated it.

It's the advice being that it's to rest because it suggests that it's about being a bit tired or merely tired.

But that isn't burnout.

So the misconception is that if you're feeling tired, a bit of rest will do it.

But actually, burnout is much more severe than that.

Burnout is that accumulation of chronic stress.

stress and pressure that's been happening over time.

So actually it's not about rest.

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