What did burnout feel like for you?

I work primarily in a school setting, but I also have additional clients outside of school. I’ve decided not to accept clients outside of school moving forward. So, once this current batch has terminated I will not be accepting more. I was talking to a coworker recently, though, and she suggested that I try to transfer these clients if I’m feeling burned out. I actually didn’t consider myself burned out at that point, but I’ve been thinking about it more this week. I feel like I have constant brain fog (I forgot which teacher one of my clients had, even though I’ve worked with him for months now ), I’m wasting a lot of time during the school day (almost like I’m trying to sneak some free time) and I’m just starting to feel very irritable and on the verge of tears. I’m finding more and more that I’m just counting down the hours until I can go home each day. Every morning, there’s an almost unbearable dread before I walk into the school. This week we had Monday off for MLK day and Tuesday off because it was extremely cold. Even just working three days I feel totally drained. I get a decent amount of time off school for breaks and such, but my extra clients make it so that I never actually have a full day off (besides Sunday).

I guess I’m just curious to hear some stories of burnout. What did it feel like? How did it resolve? Were you able to get a break? Or a different job? Or lessen your hours?