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Why High Performers Secretly Feel Drained

Charlotte Stebbing-Mills

Published on: 12/04/2026

High performers often feel drained not from too much work, but from incomplete recovery. This article explains how chronic stress builds when we fail to "downshift" between demands, preventing the nervous system from fully resetting to baseline.

Stress & Burnout