What really resonates with me here is that feeling of becoming completely numb at work. Not good, not terrible — just emotionally flat, because after a while you realize nothing can really be changed anyway.
I was once in a company that absolutely drained me. I don’t really have a depressive personality, so it didn’t go in that direction, but after many months of working 12-hour days, I suddenly switched to doing the bare minimum 8 hours and spending my evenings playing on my Oculus 😄 No growth, no stress, no ambition. And honestly? It took me many months to fully recover from that state.
On the bright side, I can now clear quite a few songs on Expert+ 😀
Sylwia thank you for sharing this. It means a lot coming from you. 🙏
Not good, not terrible just emotionally flat, because nothing can really be changed anyway That's the quiet resignation. Not the dramatic collapse Just the slow realization that effort doesn't move the needle anymore After many months of 12-hour days, I suddenly switched to bare minimum 8 hours and spent evenings playing on my Oculus.
This is the part that people don't admit. The recovery doesn't look like back to full capacity It looks like doing less. Aiming lower Protecting the small amount of energy you have left.
No growth, no stress, no ambition
Three words that would terrify most people. And yet, sometimes that's exactly what healing looks like. The temporary surrender of ambition so that ambition can survive long-term It took me many months to fully recover Important reminder. Burnout recovery isn't a weekend. It's not a vacation. It's months of small, boring, unglamorous work just to get back to baseline.
And the Expert+ line at the end perfect. Not I'm cured Just I found something that helps.
Thank you for writing this It's one of the most honest comments here. 🙌
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What really resonates with me here is that feeling of becoming completely numb at work. Not good, not terrible — just emotionally flat, because after a while you realize nothing can really be changed anyway.
I was once in a company that absolutely drained me. I don’t really have a depressive personality, so it didn’t go in that direction, but after many months of working 12-hour days, I suddenly switched to doing the bare minimum 8 hours and spending my evenings playing on my Oculus 😄 No growth, no stress, no ambition. And honestly? It took me many months to fully recover from that state.
On the bright side, I can now clear quite a few songs on Expert+ 😀
Sylwia thank you for sharing this. It means a lot coming from you. 🙏
Not good, not terrible just emotionally flat, because nothing can really be changed anyway That's the quiet resignation. Not the dramatic collapse Just the slow realization that effort doesn't move the needle anymore After many months of 12-hour days, I suddenly switched to bare minimum 8 hours and spent evenings playing on my Oculus.
This is the part that people don't admit. The recovery doesn't look like back to full capacity It looks like doing less. Aiming lower Protecting the small amount of energy you have left.
No growth, no stress, no ambition
Three words that would terrify most people. And yet, sometimes that's exactly what healing looks like. The temporary surrender of ambition so that ambition can survive long-term It took me many months to fully recover Important reminder. Burnout recovery isn't a weekend. It's not a vacation. It's months of small, boring, unglamorous work just to get back to baseline.
And the Expert+ line at the end perfect. Not I'm cured Just I found something that helps.
Thank you for writing this It's one of the most honest comments here. 🙌