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Emily nagoski burnout6/7/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() “It’s intended to help us survive stresses like being chased by a lion. Stress suppresses your immune system, it suppresses your digestion, it suppresses your reproduction function, changes your cardiovascular functioning so if you stay in that state for a long time it doesn’t just wear you out emotionally, your body will degrade gradually.” “Your brain is the cause of it and then there are physical consequences when that happens because all emotions are physiological events that happen in your body. The term burnout first appeared in 1975 as having three characteristics emotional exhaustion, a sense of decreased accomplishment and depersonalisation or diminishment of empathy and compassion.įor women in particular, the emotional exhaustion is key, says Dr Nagoski. ![]()
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