[acituan]

> Go do a ten day retreat with Vipassana

No, no, no. Spiritual retreats are not self-regulation tools, they are an education. 10 day intensive during a burnout is asking for trouble. It can’t be your first contact with Vipassana and if you use it to bypass what you need to solve, you’ll end up worse.

Just rest, engage with mundane, real life (think sunshine, nature, using your body, eating well, laughing with friends etc), then do a “postmortem” on why did this happen and how can you prevent it; ideally with a therapist. After things are back to a normal, then you can add more practices like Vipassana, just start from the shallow end.

[lwn]

Hmmm, I haven't though about it in this way. You do have a good point. Creating bypasses for problems is very realistic.