Home/Work & Career/Burnout denial/ThoughtI tell the night supervisor I am fine after seventy-two hours of critical care —burnout denialanxiety hidingworkplace pretenseShare this thoughtCopy linkShare on XDownload imageDoes this resonate with you?Share Your OwnBrowse MoreOthers have felt this tooI told my wife I was fine again tonight, even though I haven't eaten a real meal in two days and the only thing keeping me going through those twelve-hour shifts is the thought of retirement—I just… …burnout denialI make myself the butt of the joke so nobody looks too closely at the fact that I’m vibrating with exhaustion. …health denialAm I the only one who looks at their life and realizes they’ve just become a high-functioning meat-shield for everyone else’s problems? …burnout denialI just finished thirty-six hours on the floor. …burnout denialRelated ThemesAmbition shameCareer path regretImposter syndromeQuiet quitting guiltSuccess sabotage