Burned out

Charles is burned out -- stomach cramping on receiving his new assignment, popping Dexedrine like breath mints as he acknowledges “he’d slipped to some secluded corner of the extremes, some far reach of utter imbalance.”

Your heart races when you come upon a long red light and all you see is burned out buildings and church and bar-b-que hovels.

If an employee is burned out, at the very least they may be entitled to a stress claim through their employer’s insurance.