Women don’t burn out because the work is too hard. They burn out because they are expected to work a 40h/week, pay half the bills, manage the entire household's logistics, and still provide unlimited emotional labor to a partner who thinks doing dishes is "helping out."
And after a while you just stop. You stop watering your plants. You stop watching netflix. You stop reading. You stop replying to your friends as fast as you used to. You stop buying yourself nice things. You stop putting an effort into how you look. You stop taking care of yourself like you used to. You stop sleeping. You stop eating healthy foods. You stop petting your dog. You stop socializing.
You stop with everything. You find yourself sitting in your room for hours on end, without doing a single thing. Days feel like years. And you wonder how long you can keep doing this.
I’m gonna get yelled at for saying this but a lot of women are single because they haven’t met a man who’s better at being a man than they already are.
A lot of "mental health issues" disappear when bills are paid, rent is secure, and the fridge is full. Peace is expensive. And pretending money doesn't affect mental health is privilege.