I still function, but from farther away than I want to

Dear Delyara, That is the strange truth of it. I am here. And also not fully here. Enough of me shows up to keep life moving. But the feeling of being inside the life — fully, vividly, with emotional participation — has become less reliable. Burnout for me is not dramatic enough to be obvious. It is more like distance quietly increasing while the tasks still get done. That distance scares me more than the tiredness itself.