Angela MondorClickUp Verified Consultant, ClickUp · Operations consultant & ClickUp Verified Consultant for neurodivergent entrepreneurs

The 5-Day Burnout That Changed Everything 🛋️ #Shorts

15 Jun 2026 · 1 min

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In this short, the speaker recounts a severe burnout episode that occurred around 2008‑2009, during which they were physically unable to get off the couch for five days. They describe how, as a younger person, they lacked any internal cues to recognize mounting stress, leading to a complete functional shutdown. The narrative then shifts to insights gained from learning about burnout: each individual has unique triggers that evolve over time, and recognizing early warning signs can prevent full burnout. The speaker emphasizes the importance of self‑monitoring and early intervention, suggesting that once you can identify when you’re “not feeling right,” you can intervene before the burnout escalates.

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I'll just say it. When I was younger, I wouldn't— I had no cues. It was like I would go and go and go and go and go and go and go, and then all of a sudden the world would burn and I would be in it, right? And I would just completely burn out to the point where I couldn't function. In fact, there was one time, 2008, I think it was 2009, when I burnt out so hard that I couldn't even get off the couch. It was 5 days. I got up in the morning, got my kids to school, and sat on the couch, and that was it. Like, I just couldn't even move for 5 days. Like, that's That was my hardest core burnout that I've ever had. But starting to learn about burnout and starting to understand what leads me to burnout, which is different for all of us. Each of us have different reasons why we're burning out depending on what's happening in our lives. And it changes as you change. But when you start to be able to say, oh, hold on a second, I'm not feeling right. What's going on? And you start to recognize these burnout things, then that's where the magic happens because you can stop it happening, right? But let's say, for example, we have people