Sublime

People with nervous breakdown can do a great deal at their own pace, but if asked to work to a fixed time or keep an appointment punctually, they may feel incapacitated by the strain of anticipation.

Being busy is what happens when people are ill equipped to manage their stress.

But there’s something odder about the ambitious and well-paid architect, employed in the profession she always longed to join, who nonetheless finds herself treating every moment of her experience as worthwhile only in terms of bringing her closer to the completion of a project, so that she can move on to the next one, or move up the ranks, or move

This new work ethic, in which work is expected to give us something like self-actualization, cannot help but fail.

chronic feelings of emptiness

It wasn’t just a bad event that caused depression—it was also long-term sources of stress.

Ever-increasing demands with ever-diminishing resources and influence is a common lament in my consulting room. One stress or demand