When Passion Turns into Burnout: The Risk of Over-Identifying With Work

When work becomes your identity, burnout then becomes not very far behind. Hi, I'm Dr. Andrea Zorbas, a psychologist from Therapy Now SF and being passionate about your work can feel meaningful, but when your identity is very closely tied to your job, it can very quietly erode your wellbeing.

First part is your work ends up becoming your self-worth. So success feels validating, and then failure feels very personal.

Boundaries will slowly disappear. And rest, relationships and health end up getting pushed aside.

Burnout will feel like a personal failure instead of a system issue, people end up blaming themselves.

So How do we deal with it? How do we make things look different? Balance starts with separating your identity from output because the reality is you are more than what you produce.

In conclusion, if work has started to consume your sense of self contact Therapy Now SF, therapy can help you restore balance without losing motivation.