Do you tend to feel like you cannot ever stop, or do you feel completely unmotivated?  When faced with chronic stress, we tend to default to “over-functioning” and “under-functioning” - or a hybrid of the two, as we cycle through pushing extremely hard until we “crash.”   Over-functioning looks like trying to reduce stress by doing everything yourself, but leads to burnout and resentment.  Under-functioning involves freezing, avoiding responsibility, tasks piling up, feeling overwhelmed.  American culture tends to promote individualism and over-functioning at the cost of necessary rest and life balance.