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EPISODE · Jun 2, 2026 · 12 MIN

Burnout Doesn't Look Like Falling Apart — It Looks Like Superwoman

from The Weighted Blanket · host Claire De Oliveira - The Weighted Blanket

I lost fourteen kilograms in six months. Not because I was trying to. Because my body was the only part of me willing to say something was wrong.I was being called Superwoman. And every single time someone said it, I felt the weight of it land. Because that's what compliments do when you're performing. They raise the floor. They tell you that this — this exhausted, crumbling, hollow version of keeping it together — is what people expect now.This episode is about what ADHD burnout actually looks like. Not the falling apart version. The Superwoman version. The one nobody sees coming because it looks, from the outside, like thriving.I talk about the fourteen kilograms. The IBS. The chronic headaches I convinced myself were a brain tumour. The moment I ended up in tears with my director after a meeting. The coach who asked me whether I was teaching my children that hard work gets you far — or that burnout is the price we pay.And where I am now. Which is in recovery. Signed off. In CBT. Still figuring it out.This one is for anyone who has ever been called Superwoman and felt worse for it.🎙️ Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/033hbR3h5qo6TD3WxWF8FL 🍎 Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-weighted-blanket 👥 Join our community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1000143112417292/ 🔗 Everything else: https://linktr.ee/theweightedblanket 📧 [email protected] are not alone. 🤍

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I lost fourteen kilograms in six months. Not because I was trying to. Because my body was the only part of me willing to say something was wrong. I was being called Superwoman. And every single time someone said it, I felt the weight of it land. Because that's what compliments do when you're performing. They raise the floor. They tell you that this — this exhausted, crumbling, hollow version of keeping it together — is what people expect now. This episode is about what ADHD burnout actually l...

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