From the outside, you might think that there is one part of my life that burnout hasn’t changed: my love of sports. Long before the burnout, my favorite vacation days were those when I was mainly on the move, switching between the beach volleyball court and the outdoor pool or still going to the gym in the evening after a day of skiing. When I was diagnosed with exhaustion depression almost exactly eight years ago, which quickly escalated into a severe depressive episode including an anxiety disorder, it was also sport that helped me to get well again. Sport is still a natural part of my life today.

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