Signs of Creative Burnout and How to Prevent It (my story)

Опубликовано: 01 Январь 1970
на канале: Wired to Design

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Usually, I wake up feeling like I was born to change the world. Constantly energized through work and motivated to put my best on the line. With or without sleep–my mindset is that I will sleep when I'm dead. But, on this day in April, I woke up at the hospital, where the doctor asked me if I heard voices, was hallucinating, or experiencing paranoia. Now, if you know me, you will understand how absurd the doctor's questions sounded. Everything felt absurd and unreal. I slept more than 50 hours in 3 days. And for context, that's the total hours I sleep in 2 weeks with all the ADHD superpowers that I have! So what was really going on? My brain was begging for a sharp reset from the condition my therapist identified as stress-induced psychosis; caused by severe stress. It turned out the doctor's questions weren't absurd after all, even for a person like me. I was burned out.

"Life Is A Reflection of Your Emotions" is a story of how I, as a working creative professional in the industry of tech, design (UX, UI & Product design), as well as media & entertainment, faced my first burnout and experienced the biggest revelation of my life.

Anik Devaughn is a multidisciplinary creative professional and entrepreneur. Besides a successful career as a world-renowned dancer, a UX consultant, and a design mentor, he spends his time bridging the gap between culture, design, business, and tech.

▬▬▬ Credits & Thanks ▬▬▬
Camera: Felix Lättman & Robin Danehav

And thank you to STHLM Experience Conference (https://sthlm-2022.xconf.co/) for inviting me as a speaker and facilitating this fantastic conference annually for the design industry.

▬▬▬ Video Chapters ▬▬▬
00:00 – Introduction
00:59 – Burnout
02:36 – Derealization
03:42 – Paranoid
04:50 – Backstory: Superhuman
06:30 – Backstory: Obsession
08:25 – Backstory: Emotional Incarceration
09:54 – It's Not The Load You Carry, But How
11:06 – Detachment & The Observing Self
12:29 – Work-Life Balance
13:11 – Recharge, Realign & Reconnect
13:34 – My Daily S.A.V.E.R.S.
16:32 – Step Back to Leap Forward
16:46 – Left vs Right Brain
17:40 – An Empty Mind Is Open & Ready
18:12 – Both Ends of The Spectrum

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