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Emotional Burnout: How to Take Care of Your Mental Health While Dealing with Overwhelming Expectations
You just have to work a little harder.”“Everyone’s tired — that’s life.”“Just push through, we all did.” If you’ve been running on empty — trying to meet everyone’s expectations, keep your grades up, stay emotionally available for your family, and still look okay on the outside — you might be dealing with emotional burnout. Especially as a South Asian teen, the pressure to be the perfect student, perfect daughter, or perfect role model can leave you exhausted not just physically — but mentally and emotionally too. Burnout isn’t just tiredness. It’s the body and mind saying: “I’ve had enough.” What Emotional Burnout Looks Like Burnout isn’t always obvious. Sometimes it…