I Burned Out as a Developer at 19. Here's How I Came Back.

I'm 19 and I already burned out. People told me I was too young to burn out. "You're a teenager, what do you even have to be tired about?" Turns out, your body doesn't check your birth certificate before shutting down. I'm writing this because when I was in the middle of it, I looked for articles about burnout and found nothing that felt real. Just corporate wellness advice like "practice mindfulness" and "set boundaries." Cool, thanks, very helpful when you can't even open your laptop without feeling sick. So here's my actual story. No sugarcoating. How I got there Here's what my schedule looked like for about six months. University during the day. Lectures, labs, assignments. The usual student stuff. I study programming, so at least it's related to what I do. But it's still hours of sitting in classrooms, dealing with deadlines, doing group projects where you end up doing everything yourself. After classes, I'd come home around 4-5 PM and switch to freelance mode. I'm an iOS develope