The causes and impacts of burnout. From my perspective of views, I think that the majority of people who are suffered from burnout have the age range from 15 to 50. It can be categorised as a few group, which are the teenager, young adult and middle-aged. Although these people face respectively with different stress, but in general, most of their stress are getting from work or study. For the teenager and young adult, they are situated in the period of learning. They are striving to learn as much as they can, they are endeavouring to grasp any opportunities for sharpening their skills, to explore the world and receive much information as they could. To me, such a sudden influx of tremendous amount of external ‘stimulation’ would cause an indescribable stress on them. They also face the pressure from their parents and fellow peers. They get a lot of expectations from their parents, and this form an invisible burden on them. Besides, they have to compete with their colleagues no matter it is in school or workplaces. For those middle-aged, they have to struggle to cope with the tasks that have been assigned by their superiors and must be completed within a limited amount of time. They are also facing lots of demands and pressure from their families, such as children’s education fees and daily expenses. As a result, this combination of pressure might make them rushing into every aspect with a limited capability. They could not handle the missions they have to accomplish. For students, their academic results may decline. For working-class, they would be considered as an underachiever because of their underperformance at works. Since they had already spent a large amount of time on working, they would lose time to enjoy their precious family life. After a period of time, the binding ties between family members, relatives and friends might fade, quarrelling become a norm. Ones would be isolated, resulting in the formation of mental illnesses and lack of sociable life. In conclusion, no matter how challenging the world is, as a civilised human being, we should have a keen sense of predicting and planning our future by having a good work-life balance so that our life would not be miserable and in a state of turbulence. Thank you for any corrections and comments.