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hello darkness my old friend
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hello darkness my old friend

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MaryJo Burkhard
Aug 17, 2024
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The darkness that seems to hound me on occasion is more often rooted in burnout than depression. Based on some current physical responses, burnout, or a close cousin, seems to be revisiting me.

Burnout can definitely be the pushing of all things on all cylinders. It can simply be the overloading of systems.

But for me, burnout feels more like being out …

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