"Gannon, the London-based author of fiction, nonfiction and the Hyphen newsletter, burned out with a bang in late 2022. While on a spa weekend with a friend, she had a panic attack, her first ever. Gannon notes the irony of having a mental breakdown at a luxury hotel, but her fight-or-flight, apocalyptic feeling seemed to warrant extreme measures. After being diagnosed with anxiety and burnout, she pared her life and commitments back to the bare minimum and spent the next 12 months recuperating."
"With hindsight, Gannon says, her burnout was triggered by a pattern of people-pleasing, leading her off-track. In her new book, A Year of Nothing, Gannon reflects on the lessons of that transformative fallow year, forcing her to learn how to rest, build resilience and reconnect with what matters. Here, she shares her tips for coming back to life after burnout. How to end the year right: come up with your own personal rituals When your body says stop, listen"
A high-achieving person experienced sudden burnout and repeated panic attacks despite career success and strong relationships. Symptoms included doomscrolling, social withdrawal, physical exhaustion, thinning hair, dissociation and panic attacks. A clinical diagnosis of anxiety and burnout led to paring commitments to essentials and taking twelve months largely offline to recuperate. Reflection identified chronic people-pleasing as a trigger that pulled life off-course. Recovery focused on relearning how to rest, building resilience, creating personal rituals, and listening to bodily warning signs. Practical steps emphasized simplifying obligations, honoring the need to stop, and reconnecting with priorities to return from burnout.
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