Are You Burned Out or Just Overwhelmed?

This quiz helps high achieving women understand whether they are experiencing burnout, overwhelm, or the early signs of chronic stress. Many people who function at a high level look fine on the outside while feeling exhausted, overstimulated, or stuck in survival mode internally. This short quiz offers a simple way to identify what is happening in your nervous system and why it may feel harder to cope, rest, or reset than it used to.

Burnout and overwhelm share similar symptoms, but they have different root causes. Burnout is often linked to long term stress, emotional exhaustion, perfectionism, people pleasing, and lack of recovery time. Overwhelm usually comes from acute stress, too many competing demands, decision fatigue, or a sudden increase in responsibilities. Both can affect mood, sleep, energy, focus, and relationships. This quiz helps clarify which pattern is most active for you.

Chloë Bean, LMFT, is a somatic trauma therapist in Los Angeles who specializes in anxiety, trauma, burnout, perfectionism, and relationship stress. She integrates Somatic Experiencing, EMDR, and Internal Family Systems to help high achieving women regulate their nervous system and heal patterns that keep them stuck in survival mode. This quiz is designed to introduce you to her approach and provide insights you can use immediately.

Your results will help you understand whether your symptoms point to burnout, overwhelm, or a combination of both. You will also receive guidance on next steps, including practical nervous system tools that support regulation, grounding, and emotional balance. If the results show signs of chronic stress or trauma responses, the page will explain how somatic therapy can help.

Take two minutes to get clear on what your nervous system is experiencing and what kind of support will help you feel more like yourself again.