Am I Burned Out?

Q: What does the "Am I Burned Out?" quiz measure?

This free self-assessment quiz helps you reflect on when exhaustion stops being about sleep and starts being about everything. It includes 10 questions and takes about 4 minutes. Results are for self-reflection, not clinical diagnosis.

Q: Is the "Am I Burned Out?" quiz free?

Yes. This quiz is completely free, anonymous, and requires no signup. Your answers are processed in your browser and never stored or shared.

Q: What does "Low Burnout Indicators" mean?

You're tired, not burned out. There's an important difference. Take a breath here. What you're experiencing sounds like normal, human fatigue from the demands of working life. That's not nothing, and it deserves attention, but it's not burnout. You still have acc

Q: What does "Moderate Burnout Indicators" mean?

This is more than a rough patch. Your system is telling you something. I want you to stay with what you're feeling right now, because what you're describing is not just stress. It's the slow erosion of your capacity, your motivation, and your connection to yourself. Burn

Q: What does "Strong Burnout Indicators" mean?

You're not lazy or weak. You're burned out, and this needs to change now. I want to be straight with you. What you're describing is serious burnout, and it's affecting your body, your mind, your relationships, and your sense of self. This is not a willpower problem. You can

Question 1

Right now, when you check in with how you feel at the end of a workday... what do you actually find?

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It's not tiredness. It's emptiness. Like something has been drained out of me that no amount of sleep or weekends will refill.

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I feel heavy. Not just physically tired but flat, like the color has been turned down on everything.

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I'm tired by evening, but after some rest I feel like myself again. It doesn't linger.

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I usually finish the day with something still in the tank. Enough to do things I care about.

Question 2

What do you notice when you think about the work you used to care about?

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Honestly? Nothing. I used to care so much and now I can't access that feeling at all. It's like it belongs to someone else.

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I'm going through the motions. I do the work, but the part of me that found meaning in it has gone quiet.

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It comes and goes. Some days the spark is there, other days I'm just getting through it.

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I still feel connected to what I do. It matters to me and I can feel that when I'm in it.

Question 3

When you finish a project or hit a milestone, what actually happens inside you?

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Nothing. I check the box and move to the next thing. Accomplishments don't land. They just feel like more proof that the list never ends.

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A brief flicker of relief, then it's gone. I used to feel proud. Now I mostly feel 'okay, what's next.'

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I feel some satisfaction, though maybe not as much as I used to. It still registers.

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I feel it. There's real satisfaction when something comes together. I can take that in.

Question 4

What do you notice in your body lately? Headaches, tension, sleep trouble, stomach issues?

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All of it. Headaches, insomnia, jaw clenching, stomach problems. My body is screaming what my mouth won't say.

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I've noticed new things. Tension headaches, trouble falling asleep, a tightness in my shoulders that never fully leaves.

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Some tension during busy stretches, but it passes. Nothing that's become a pattern.

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My body feels okay. I sleep well, I have energy, nothing is persistently off.

Question 5

When you wake up on Monday morning, what's the very first thing you feel?

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Dread hits before I'm even fully awake. My body knows what day it is before my mind does. Getting up feels like lifting concrete.

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A heaviness. I lie there longer than I should, bargaining with the alarm, feeling the weight of the week ahead.

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I'm not jumping out of bed, but I get moving without too much resistance. It's fine.

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I feel rested and ready. Mondays don't carry any special dread for me.

Question 6

What do you notice about how you relate to your coworkers these days?

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I've disconnected. I avoid conversations, eat alone, skip the optional stuff. Being around people at work takes energy I don't have.

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I show up, but I'm not really there. I've become the person who nods and smiles without actually engaging.

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I'm a bit more withdrawn than usual, but I still have real conversations and people I trust there.

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I genuinely like the people around me. Those connections are one of the good parts of my day.

Question 7

When the workday ends, can you actually leave it behind?

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It never ends. I check emails in bed, replay conversations in the shower, draft responses in my head at dinner. I can't find the off switch.

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I try to disconnect but it takes real effort. My mind keeps circling back even when I'm supposed to be off.

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Usually I can leave it at the door. Sometimes something follows me home, but it's the exception.

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When I'm done, I'm done. I have clear boundaries and I'm able to be present in my own life.

Question 8

Right now, when you try to think about what motivates you at work... what do you find?

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I've searched and there's nothing there. No purpose, no drive, no reason to try harder. I'm running on fumes and obligation.

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The only things pushing me forward are fear of consequences and the fact that I don't know what else to do.

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It's thinner than it used to be, but I can still find reasons to show up and put in effort on most days.

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I have a clear sense of why I'm here. The motivation feels real and self-generated, not forced.

Question 9

What comes up when you sit with this question honestly: do you feel trapped?

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Yes. I feel locked in by money, by obligations, by the sheer effort it would take to change anything. The walls are closing in.

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I know options exist somewhere, but I'm too exhausted to pursue them. It's a trap made of my own depletion.

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I feel restless sometimes, but not trapped. I know I have choices even if I'm not making them right now.

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I feel free. I'm in this situation because I've chosen it, and I could choose differently if I needed to.

Question 10

What's happened to the rest of your life? The hobbies, the friendships, the things that used to be yours?

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They're gone. I don't see friends, I don't do the things I used to love. Work has eaten my entire identity and left nothing for me.

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I'm holding on to a few things by a thread, but mostly I'm too tired to invest in my own life. Everything feels like another demand.

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I've scaled back, but the important things are still there. I make time, even if it takes more effort than it used to.

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My life outside work is rich. I have hobbies, relationships, and time that belongs to me. Work doesn't take that away.