Lucas
The Burnout Podcast with Fexingo: Workplace Exhaustion, Recovery, and Sustainable Careers
How Burnout Distorts Your Sense of Time
- Published
- September 1, 2026
- Duration
- 9:21
- Summary source
- description
- Last updated
- Sep 13, 2026
Discusses Burnout does more than drain energy; it warps your perception of time. In this episode, we examine h…
Summary
Burnout does more than drain energy; it warps your perception of time. In this episode, we examine how chronic stress shrinks the subjective hour and erodes the boundary between work and life. We look at the psychology behind why five minutes feels like an hour during high-stakes moments, and how that distortion leads to poor decision-making and deeper ex…
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Show notes
Burnout does more than drain energy; it warps your perception of time. In this episode, we examine how chronic stress shrinks the subjective hour and erodes the boundary between work and life. We look at the psychology behind why five minutes feels like an hour during high-stakes moments, and how that distortion leads to poor decision-making and deeper exhaustion. Lucas and Luna discuss practical strategies for reclaiming temporal clarity, including the importance of rigid transition rituals and