Burnout Is Not a Badge of Honour — And It Is Not Fixed by a Holiday
What chronic burnout actually is, why willpower makes it worse, and the holistic path back to yourself. The Most Exhausted Generation in History The Global Wellness Summit's 2026 report describes our current collective state in a single phrase: the great nervous system crisis. Burnout — once considered a condition of overworked executives — has become the defining health experience of our era. The World Health Organisation officially classified burnout as an occupational phenomenon in 2019. Since then, its reach has expanded far beyond the workplace. Parents are burning out. Caregivers are burning out. Students are burning out. People who appear to have everything are burning out most quietly and most completely of all. Globally, studies consistently find that between 40 and 67 percent of adults across all sectors report experiencing symptoms of burnout at any given time. In the United Kingdom, the Health and Safety Executive found that workrelated stress, depression, and anxiety ...