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The following is a possible cure, described to me by a doctor who had education in physical exercise (which most doctors don't have, and thus cannot find anything wrong with burntout patients when taking their tests). Posting it in case anyone knows someone who could benefit from trying it out. You may want to speak with a doctor about it, but do ask how many hours education they have in physical exercise, and remember that most doctors have zero:

9 Week Programme for Burnout Recovery (90% recovery success among patients). Personal trainer is recommended.

Start small and managable. It doesn't matter how little you can manage the first weeks. Increase as you go by.

Each week look like this:

1 day high pulse exercise. Skiing, cycling, running, swimming.

1 day rest.

1 day high strength exercise. Lifting weights. Not many lifts with little weight, but a few heavy lifts.

1 day rest.

1 day low pulse exercise. Yoga, relaxation exercise and the like, whatever makes your pulse go low.

1 day rest.

Rince and repeat for 9 weeks.

The high pulse exercise gives the least to recovery, but is still needed. High strength exercise gives medium. Low pulse exercise gives the most, counter-intuitively though it may sound.

The doctor explained that burnout is lengthy brain exhaustion, and can be exercised and rested away if done correctly. It cannot be medicated away, at least not with current medicine.

I will try this program soon, when things calm down so no work and chores to help within the family tugs at my limited energy (keep your schedule cleared!).

Best of luck, anyone out there who may need it.

A single day of strength training per week is too low to be productive. Maybe there is a language barrier at work here, but your descriptions and explanations make very little sense.

Depends on the desired outcome. It might not be enough to build muscles, but it could potentially change internal hormone balance. Cited studies would be preferred

I do not believe the language barrier is a problem here.

The objective is not to get in top muscular shape, but to cure burnout (brain exhaustion) through a careful schedule of different exercises and rest days. It's for sure to do with biochemistry in some form.

Several days of high strength or high pulse training each week may instead leave a burntout patient drained of energy, instead of building stamina, if I am to guess from personal experience both with my father's, a friend's and my own burnout.

I will ask the doctor for specific studies if and when I meet him again. I'm also curious.

But the point is to share a possible cure for burnout in a concise manner in case it may help others who stumble across it. The rarity of hearing about such a cure from a medical professional, and the lack of harm to try it out, means it is worth sharing.

Thank you for the clarification. The specific application makes more sense.

Could use this, ngl

Definately sounds worth trying as it seems to be a moderate exercise programme. Just beware of any suggestion of crystals or quantum energy nonsense