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Marie Claire
Marie Claire
Lifestyle
Ellie-Mae Hammond

If You're Frazzled, Overworked and At Your Limit, These 5 Science-Backed Tips Can Help Avoid Burnout

A woman lying on the floor scrolling on her phone.

So, you’re burnt out. Properly burnt out. The kind where answering “how are you?” feels like an unreasonable question and your idea of self-care is moving your laptop from the desk to the sofa. And yet, for the go-getters, over-achievers, chronic over-committers, and serial multitaskers, many of us are genuinely shocked when a week of annual leave doesn’t magically fix us.

We all (sadly) know the drill: you spend six months running on caffeine, high cortisol and sheer force of will, finally collapse onto a sun lounger, and expect your body to go, 'Ah, lovely. We’re healed.' Except not quite.

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