Burnout
Burnout is a systems problem that gets treated like a personal failing. These guides cover the research on what burnout actually is, how to catch it early, and how to recover, including when quitting isn’t an option.
Burnout
Why Perfectionism Is Getting Worse: A 27-Year Meta-Analysis
8 min read · Reviewed against current psychological research
Key Takeaways
Perfectionism rose linearly between 1989 and 2016 across 41,641 college students in the US, Canada...
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The Types of Perfectionism: Every Model, Explained
8 min read · Reviewed against current psychological research
Key Takeaways
There are two competing models, not one. Hewitt and Flett split perfectionism by who the...
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Imposter Syndrome at a New Job: The First 90 Days
8 min read · Reviewed against current psychological research
Key Takeaways
Feeling like a fraud in a new role is mostly a reasonable response to not...
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Imposter Syndrome in Women: What the Research Really Shows
9 min read · Reviewed against current psychological research
Key Takeaways
A 2024 meta-analysis of 115 effect sizes and over 40,000 people found women score higher...
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How to Overcome Imposter Syndrome: What the Research Actually Supports
9 min read · Reviewed against current psychological research
Key Takeaways
The first systematic review of imposter syndrome, covering 62 studies and 14,161 people, found no...
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The 5 Types of Imposter Syndrome: Which One Is Yours?
7 min read · Reviewed against current psychological research
Key Takeaways
The five types come from Valerie Young's 2011 book, not from peer-reviewed research. No published...
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Burnout vs Stress: How to Tell When Pressure Became Something Else
8 min read · Reviewed against current clinical research
Key Takeaways
Stress is too much. Burnout is not enough left. Stress involves over-engagement and urgency; burnout...
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Is Burnout a Mental Illness? What the WHO Classification Really Says
9 min read · Reviewed against current clinical research
Key Takeaways
No. The WHO explicitly doesn't classify burnout as a medical condition. It sits in ICD-11...