Is It Burnout Or Something Deeper? The High-Functioning Trap | Dr. Judith Joseph

You know, you talk about this idea of high functioning depression. How is that different from just burnout? Well, burnout is a workplace phenomenon. High functioning depression is different. This is the high functioning brain in the workplace.

You still have the stress, the pressures from the outside. You remove that brain from the workplace and they don't get better. This is someone who, when they sit still, they cannot relax. They are humans. doing, not human beings, right?

What we found was that there was a high correlation between unprocessed trauma and pain and HFD, high function depression. So the theory is that they're in the workplace, they have the symptoms, they're out of the workplace, they still have the symptoms. That unresolved trauma and pain is being carried with them. It's not being processed. As we head into the busiest stretch of the year, longer days, travel, more on your plate, your immune system is working over time, and that's why now is the time to make sure you're giving it the support it needs.

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