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Nakorite t1_je40qgv wrote

Reply to comment by OneHumanPeOple in ELI5: Is "exhaustion" an actual medical diagnosis? by stellalugosi

Celebrities can also afford to take time off for mental health whereas us plebs have to keep heading in every day for work.

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didntdosmth t1_je4bne4 wrote

I mean, in every first world country you get paid leave for that.

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Nakorite t1_je4brnh wrote

Not for months at a time

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Linnie12345 t1_je4d9fn wrote

Up to two years in my country. Friend of mine has been off for 4 months due to burn out.

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Mardershewrote t1_je4fpdq wrote

My university teacher was on paid leave for 2 years due burnout. She was my masters thesis instructor, so we talked a bit about it after she came back and it sounded pretty scary. She'd picked up her kid from kindergarten, drove a bit, and then she had to call her husband because she had completely forgotten where she lived. She was instructed to avoid all stress until symptoms went away, and that's how long it took.

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gromm93 t1_je583yq wrote

Academia works differently though. Even in America they have sabbaticals for years at a time.

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Nakorite t1_je4fyg1 wrote

Lucky she had a husband to support her for 2 years

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