Hello you guys and welcome to another episode of my podcast. Things could be worse. I'm your host,

Bailey D. Drake and today we are going to be talking a little bit about burnout.

The first thing I want to do is preface this whole episode by saying, I am no expert. I am not

a mental health specialist. I literally have no idea what I'm talking about. I did a little bit

of research on this episode or like prior to this episode just because I want to know at least

kind of what I'm talking about, not just like spitball, a bunch of like random information

that isn't true. From what I've gathered, burnout can actually be like a very serious thing and

if you let it continue and if it goes on for a while and it gets to a very serious point, it can

become like a chronic mental illness. So I'm not really going to be talking about that. Obviously,

if you are really, really struggling, I encourage you to reach out and to get help because

it can feel very lonely and it can feel, I am really just diving right into this episode.

It can feel incredibly lonely and just like depressing. So if you're feeling significantly,

not good, I really encourage you to get help because you deserve to get help and like that's how

you have to look at it. You're not a burden. You aren't putting your problems on other people.

You deserve to be able to get the help that you need to live a happy and healthy life. So that's

just kind of a little disclaimer I wanted to add in here before I start talking about it because

like I've stated in other episodes, I am not a therapist, okay? I might come on here and you know,

just start spitting stuff out, sounding like I am a therapist sometimes, but I need you to remember,

I'm an 18 year old girl. I'm just sharing my own personal experiences surrounding burnout and

what has helped me and what has helped other people that I know. So yeah, that's that's

what this episode is all about. Before I dive into my own personal experiences surrounding burnout

and like what type of burnout I have felt in the past, I want to give you guys like the actual

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