Burnout Recovery Timeline — What Comes After Empty (Part 5)

Illustration of a woman sitting quietly on the edge of her bed, taking stock, burnout recovery timeline slowly beginning.
This entry is part 5 of 5 in the series Burnout: When Your Body Stops Pretending

Recovery doesn’t mean returning to who you were. Here’s the actual burnout recovery timeline — why it feels slower and wrong at first, and what returns first.