Not tired. Not stressed. Empty. When you've gone past caring, past trying, past the point where rest fixes it. ILTY helps you figure out what's next.
Burnout isn't stress. Stress is too much—too much work, too much pressure, too many demands. Burnout is too little. Too little energy, too little motivation, too little caring about things that used to matter.
You used to be good at this. You used to care. Now you're going through the motions, feeling nothing, doing the minimum, wondering why you can't just push through like you used to. The guilt about not performing adds another weight to the emptiness.
Rest doesn't fix burnout the way it fixes tiredness. You take a vacation and come back just as depleted. You sleep all weekend and Monday feels impossible anyway. Because the problem isn't that you're tired—it's that something fundamental has broken in your relationship with your work or your life.
ILTY helps you sit with that emptiness instead of just trying to power through it. Figure out what broke. Decide what actually needs to change—not just how to cope with things staying the same.
Burnout's numbness is hard to talk about because there's 'nothing wrong'—you're just empty. ILTY gives you space to explore that without needing to justify it.
Burnout is a signal, not a character flaw. ILTY helps you identify what's unsustainable—is it the job, the workload, the field, or something deeper?
The voice that says 'you should be able to handle this' is loud. ILTY helps you examine whether the expectations are reasonable.
Sometimes you need a different job. Sometimes you need a different career. Sometimes you need to address what's making any work feel impossible. ILTY helps you untangle which.
Cynicism, detachment, declining performance, physical symptoms. Understanding that what you're experiencing has a name can be the first step.
Burnout recovery isn't just rest—it requires changing what caused the burnout. ILTY helps you think through practical changes, not just coping strategies.
ILTY isn't scripted. Here's the kind of support you can expect:
“I used to love my job. I was the person who stayed late voluntarily, who got excited about projects. Now I feel nothing. I stare at my laptop and I just... don't care. I don't know what happened to me.”
What happened to you has a name: burnout. It's not laziness and it's not a character flaw—it's what happens when sustained demand exceeds your capacity to recover. The person who stayed late voluntarily wasn't more 'you' than the person sitting here now. When did you first notice the caring start to fade?
“I feel guilty even saying this but I want to quit. I have a good job. People would kill for this job. But I can't do it anymore and I feel like a failure for even thinking about leaving.”
Notice what you just did—you listed reasons why you shouldn't feel what you feel before letting yourself feel it. A 'good job' that's depleting you isn't good for you. The guilt is real, but let's separate it from the decision for a moment. If guilt weren't a factor, what would you want?
ILTY is support for everyday challenges—the worry, the rumination, the difficult moments. For clinical conditions, it works best alongside professional care.
Stress is overengagement—too much pressure, too much to do, but you still care and you're still trying. Burnout is disengagement—you've stopped caring, you're going through the motions, and rest doesn't help because the problem isn't tiredness. Stress says 'I can't keep up.' Burnout says 'I don't care anymore.'
ILTY can help you process what you're experiencing, identify what needs to change, and think through practical steps. But burnout recovery usually requires real changes to your situation—workload, boundaries, sometimes the job itself. If burnout is severe, a therapist can provide structured support for the recovery process.
The WHO recognizes burnout as an 'occupational phenomenon'—not a medical condition, but a syndrome resulting from chronic workplace stress that hasn't been successfully managed. It's real, it's recognized, and it deserves attention. If you're experiencing burnout alongside depression or anxiety symptoms, professional help is especially important.
ILTY is free during beta. When you need support, start a conversation and see if it helps.