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How Burnout Makes You Fear Your Own Ambition
In Episode 171 of The Burnout Podcast, Lucas and Luna explore a paradox: after burnout, ambition itself can start to feel like a threat. They focus on the story of a mid-career product manager who, after a two-month collapse, found that even setting a modest goal triggered a physical stress response. The episode unpacks the psychology of 'fear of ambition' — how the brain learns to associate forward momentum with the conditions that caused the crash, and why that can leave high achievers stuck in a protective but hollowing state of just getting by. Lucas brings in research on…
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