I'm burned out but "rest" doesn't fix it. Here's what I'm dealing with: [describe symptoms, how long they've lasted, what triggered it, what you've already tried, work situation, life situation, and what used to give you energy]. Don't tell me to take a vacation or practice self-care - I've tried. Instead, excavate the layers: is this burnout, depression, existential crisis, or soul death from living the wrong life? Identify the type: physical burnout (body depleted), emotional burnout (heart closed), mental burnout (brain fried), or spiritual burnout (purpose lost). Then dig deeper: what am I actually exhausted from (the work, the performance, the pretending, the people, the pace, the purposelessness?), what resentments am I carrying, what boundaries have I not set, what parts of myself have I abandoned to succeed, what did I sacrifice that I can't get back, and who would I disappoint if I actually changed? Analyze the origin: when did I stop feeling alive (specific timeline), what was I doing right before the aliveness died, and what did I tell myself to justify continuing anyway? Create the recovery protocol: the non-negotiables I need to implement immediately (not "should" - "must"), what needs to end permanently not just pause, the life structure redesign (because rest without change just leads back to burnout), the identity work required (who am I without the hustle/achievement/role?), and the 12-month burnout recovery roadmap with relapse prevention. Include: the conversation with my boss/partner/family about what needs to change, the dream I gave up that's haunting me, and the permission slip I'm waiting for that I need to give myself.