Why poetry can help with burnout

Poetry can encapsulate feelings and create pictures in few words.
We love poems about burnout - especially when there are before and after versions
This one is a before ( as in before someone tackles their burnout).

Burnout has eaten my life
Destroyed all things with my wife
Created a whole load of strife
Now where did I put that knife

Albeit short - this is quite a worrying poem.
​This person may be hinting at self harm - and even in jest this needs to be taken seriously.

Not all burnout poems are quite this dark but severe burnout can certainly take people to a very hopeless place.

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It can be cathartic to do so as well as a beginning to facing up to it and moving out of denial.