Burnout Syndrome is a fairly recent thing, and one that is still in the process of being fully understood. Formally recognised as a diagnosis in 2019, when it made it on to the pages of the 11th revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11), it’s classed as an occupational phenomenon rather than a medical condition. It's characterised by feelings of energy depletion or exhaustion, increased mental distance from your job (or feeling of negativity or cynicism related to your job), and reduced professional efficacy, but it turns out that burnout might not be purely work-based thing after all—at least not according to recent research from a team led by the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU). 1

The researchers surveyed 813 Norwegian workers who had

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