In Germany there are more and more cases of burnout. What do you think: why is exhaustion depression affecting more and more people?
Christina Hillesheim: One reason for the increasing numbers of burnouts and depressions is definitely that there are simply too many opportunities to live it up and society has established an enormous pressure to perform. This “higher, faster, further” causes stress and then we look to the left and right to see what our friends are achieving. So you’re constantly trying to keep up and that unfortunately leads to burnout for one or the other at some point.
You once belonged to the group of those affected. When did you realize that something was wrong?
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