Is it morally and ethically wrong to succumb to burn out?

Question:If you have tried and tried to return to the level of functioning previously, you search your soul daily, but you are dropping further out of being a functioning adult, is that immoral or unethical? or is it religious conditioning and societal pressure? or none of the above?
I truly hope someone with experience in moral quandaries will answer.

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: If you have tried and tried to return to the level of functioning previously, you search your soul daily, but you are dropping further out of being a functioning adult, is that immoral or unethical? or is it religious conditioning and societal pressure? or none of the above?
I truly hope someone with experience in moral quandaries will answer.

Good God no.

Burn out is a medical condition. Plain and simple.
It is hideous, drains all confidence and ability from the body and the LAST thing anyone who is/has suffered from it is to beat themselves up that they were morally and ethically wrong to suffer.

Plllleeeaaaasssse!

It's called LIFE,we all go through it to some extent.

"morally wrong" is an illusion and has no real meaning unless you declare what school of morality you subscribe to

Don't you think that this has a lot ot do with your former definition of what a functioning adult was?

Maybe it never really was what you thought it was?

Love and blessings Don

It is neither. To succumb to burn out, mental or physical is a matter of not resting yourself mentally or physically. Step back and regroup. Change your environment. Change something significant in your normal routine. Coaches burn out, soldiers burn out, doctors burn out. There is no moral or ethical quandary to burn out. Redirect yourself, reprogram what you do in your home when you are trying to relax. Give yourself time away from what it is that you are doing, you'll get refreshed faster than you think then your function level will rise again.

I don’t think it’s a question of morals or ethics, but rather a lose of will you are suffering from. You are displaying classic symptoms of depression. There are plenty of options for treating depression or bi-polar disorder besides medication if that’s a concern. I have gone though exactly what you are going through and a lot of times, as in my case, exercise, diet and surrounding your self with positive people and things can relive your burn out, giving up feelings, and some may require med's but either way it beats being miserable, and if I had given up 15 yrs ago when that’s all I saw as an option, I would not know the beautiful life I have now. I wish you much happiness!

Of course it is not any more immoral than refusing to become Super Man or Super Woman.
Also it is your choice, if you decide you do not want to take the steps necessary to combat "burn out", such as taking drugs for Alzheimer's, reducing stress, getting more sleep, and finding ways to deal with an anxiety disorder.

This question sounds a bit ironical. As the victim, you can always blame yourself, let others blame you or take some steps to fortify the levee.

Well, I would say it depends on your circumstances. For some of us, burnout is really a real problem, but for other people, sometimes they make their circumstances. As in, sometimes people are in a mid-step of recovery, and they go back to repeating harmful patterns that got them burn-out in the first place. Burn-out is one part what happens to us, and one part what we do to fix our lives when life gets to be too much for us.