Tag: overwhelm

• I Can’t Remember A Time When I Wasn’t Tired

  

  This is part 2 of 3 in my series on burning out from humanitarian work. Read Part 1 here: When I Finally Got Overwhelmed By My Humanitarian Job A week or so after I got back to Amman, when I felt I could no longer ignore him, I gritted my (more…)

  Georgie Nink

  October 16, 2022

  Mental health

  burnout, expat, Mental health, middle east, overwhelm, refugees

• When I Finally Got Overwhelmed By My Humanitarian Job

  

  I quit my job because I was burnt out. I had long, tiring, stressful days. After work I couldn’t do or think about anything. Some days I numbed myself with beer or Gilmore Girls. Other days I lay on my bed and wrote down notes from the day: things that (more…)

  Georgie Nink

  October 9, 2022

  Mental health

  burnout, memoir, Mental health, overwhelm, refugees