Coaching practices for How to Handle Burnout Depression

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• Carrying everyone else’s anxiety and conflict has hollowed me out
• I’m sick of logging everything
• Things that used to be nothing
• I overdid it yesterday and woke up already in the hole, but instead of resting to climb back out I just keep pushing
• I burn enormous energy trying to fix things that aren’t mine to fix, and then go quiet and just stew over the things I actually could do something about

Practices that may help

1. Build sanctuaries for renewal outside the system
   Maintain relationships and practices outside the organizational system that restore perspective and capacity.
   Adaptive Leadership, Made Practical
2. Take a planned monitoring break to prevent tracking fatigue
   Sustained self-monitoring burns out — a deliberate short break with clear resumption rules prevents abandonment.
   Self-Monitoring, Made Practical
3. Grade activity difficulty upward gradually
   Start with the easiest feasible pleasant activity and increase demands only after success.
   Pleasant Events Scheduling, Made Practical
4. Recognize and recover from spoon debt
   When you’ve spent more than you had, treat recovery as a genuine obligation, not as laziness — debt must be repaid before the next draw.
   Spoon Theory, Made Practical
5. Match coping mode to what is actually controllable
   Use problem-focused coping when you can change the situation; emotion-focused coping when you cannot.
   Stress Inoculation Training
6. ACCEPTS — structured distraction from crisis
   Use Activities, Contributing, Comparisons, Emotions, Pushing away, Thoughts, and Sensations to redirect attention during a crisis.
   Distress Tolerance Skills, Made Practical
7. Schedule social contact as a priority activity
   Treat social interaction as a prescribed activity, not as something to do when you feel ready.
   Pleasant Events Scheduling, Made Practical
8. Identify and interrupt avoidance and withdrawal patterns
   Notice when you are avoiding or withdrawing and treat it as the maintenance mechanism, not self-care.
   Behavioral Activation: Acting Your Way Out of Low Mood
9. Outsource or delegate to keep a burner lit without your direct fuel
   Find ways to maintain a domain’s floor through systems, others, or automation rather than your direct effort.
   Four Burners Theory: Making Peace With Trade-Offs
10. Oscillate between effort and recovery
    Pulse hard work with real recovery instead of grinding in a flat line.
    The Power of Full Engagement, Made Practical

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