I hope @niais doesn't mind me using this to branch of a discussion - but how many academics regularly suffer ability disabling overload?
Whether it is in the form of a panic attack, burn out, executive dysfunction or any other disproportionate response to over stimulation* this feels like a common phenomena
*let me know if that doesn't feel like a fair characterisation of your experience
*let me know if that doesn't feel like a fair characterisation of your experience
How many hours are lost to excellent minds grinding gears? Is this inevitable in any academic situation, or is it something that varies with academic culture?
Is it something that we could change?
Is it something that we could change?
Burn out is a #rootloop that is bad for everyone - but does it have to be so prolific across our culture?
A question for @AcademicChatter #AcademicChatter perhaps?
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Worth saying as well - this question applies to every discipline, certainly not just academia - the only reason, if any, why I single out academia is that generally it is unmanaged, unguided.
It promotes people to lead based on their ability to perform complex mental gymansatics
It promotes people to lead based on their ability to perform complex mental gymansatics
