Burnout vs. Major Depressive Disorder (2014)

Re:Burnout vs. Major Depressive Disorder (2014) by cassowary37 on Thursday August 23, 2018 @06:14PM (#17831092)

So many things wrong with this (beyond the typos, misstatements of science, and so forth) it's hard to know where to begin.

Here's a simple algorithm: if you feel lousy (=sad, flat/unmotivated, fatigued, anxious) for at least a couple of weeks AND these symptoms are interfering with your life/causing you to change your behavior, OR you're having thoughts of death/suicide, talk to a professional. Could be an MD/RN or psychologist or social worker.

Thought experiment: you do some sort of asinine questionnaire like this one and it says you're experiencing burnout. You would... try to make changes AND seek treatment if needed. Conversely, it says you're experiencing depression. You would... try to make changes AND seek treatment if needed.

Sorry to be cranky, but this stuff presses my (professional) buttons.

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Re:Burnout vs. Major Depressive Disorder (2014) by spjt on Thursday August 23, 2018 @06:23PM (#17831130)

Sounds like a great idea but when you feel that crappy it's going to be almost impossible to arrange that. The last time I was seriously depressed I actually managed to call a few places, soonest anyone could see me was like three months out. I just ended up drinking very heavily, fortunately that seemed to work.

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