Thediscoveryofburnoutstartswith a personwhoexperiencedithimself, HerbertFreudandBurgerHerbertFreudandBergerandhisfamilywerepersecutedbyNazisinhisearlylife.
AfterhefleetoAmericaaloneandgraduatedhighschool, heworkedin a factorywhileattendingnightclasses.
Itwasthestartofhiscareeras a doctorandpsychology.
HerbertFreudandBurgerfirstrecognizedburnoutin 1974 workinginhisownpracticefromeighttill 18 o'clock, plus, workingas a volunteerin a freeclinictill 23 o'clockgothimmoreandmoreexhausted.
Cooleggswereinsimilarsituations.
Talkingaboutthesyndromes.
Lethimrecognizedburnoutas a complexbutspecificillness.
Thismotivatedhimtoresearchfor a clinicconceptforburnout.