Trauma or Burnout? Coming Through a Pandemic Together

"I just can't seem to think clearly," "I feel tired all the time," and "I just don't have the capacity I used to have."

As we enter 2022, a lot of people are describing themselves as "burned out". Tired, drained and hoping for a better tomorrow, we are collectively searching for language to capture the way our bodies are responding to the steady drum of turbulence.

For me though, "burn out" feels like the wrong diagnosis. It just doesn't sit right. Instead, I'm sitting in the land of "trauma" and I want to suggest that for almost all of us, this is a much more helpful term.