Differences between depression and burnout (part 1 of 3)
Jill Lepore's far-ranging New Yorker article, “ Burnout: Human Affliction or Human Condition ” (published 17 May 2021) was able to trace back a burnout-like affliction to the Iliad . At least under Robert Fagles's pen, translating in 1990, Achilles (book I, line 343) said that if he were to obey Agamemnon, he would be called a “burnt-out coward.” Lepore acknowledged this may be a modern mouth speaking for an ancient warrior. But what about Helen, who says (book 6, line 409) Oh how I wish that first day my mother brought me into the light some black whirlwind had rushed me out to the mountains or into the surf where the roaring breakers and drag and the waves had swept me off before all this had happened! Is that still burnout, or are we now closer to what ...