4 signs your body is telling you it’s time to take a break

Jenny King sitting at a wooden table surrounded by plants

TIME MagazineJennifer King, assistant professor and co-director of the Center on Trauma and Adversity, offered tips on paying more attention to warning signs of burnout.

“The problem is, we become conditioned early on to stop listening to our bodies,” she said. “A cascade of changes happen in the body when the stress response is activated in a sustained way. When the dose is too big, and there’s not a clear beginning or end, that causes wear and tear on the body.”