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Burnout isn't unique to the coronavirus pandemic, especially in the U.S., where productivity has become something of a religious identity for many. But "it's more of a problem now than it's ever really been," Dr. Marra Ackerman, a psychiatrist at NYU Langone Health, tells me.
The causes have morphed over the past year. Now, burnout isn't necessarily tied to forced productivity, or from not feeling a sense of purpose at a day job, Ackerman says. In fact, many people are doing work they consider more important than ever. Rather, it's that for the past 14 months there has been nothing but work. Many of us have been cut off from the people and activities that gave our life meaning before, she says.