Probably not a good thing, but an understandable thing. Not every problem in the world is solvable, and we all get dealt different hands. You can't win every game with a bad hand, but you can play the hand to the best of your ability and be proud of that. I say, keep some hope going, even if it's a small light in a big dark. Life is intolerable without hope. And maybe, in the short term, or even the medium term, you sit back and let yourself just be for awhile. As long as you're alive, there's hope for happiness, for love, for productive work, and for meaning. Go easy on yourself, but hold out hope for a way forward, even if you can't see it, or feel it, from where you're sitting. And I wish you the best of luck, and consolation in despair, and hope for better times.

Other people said this but it is important so I'll say it again. It depends what you are burning out on. A lot of people (me included) get into such a deep hole when these things happen to them that getting out of that hole is not so much burning out as finally finding an escape. At the end of the day there are some things that suck and you can't change them and yes, it is fine to acknowledge that suck but you don't want it following you around forever. It will, occasionally, but not all the time. If you burned out on that frustration, great.

If you burned out of caring about life, that's not so great. I don't know what it's like to have a hearing impairment but I bet there are still things you can do. Personally I found the official disability resources stuff not that great, it can be a bit crushing and isolating if it isn't done right. I don't know what you've had access to but if it feels like you're stuck in a mid twentieth century institutional hell world then that is a problem I would recognise. You're definitely not alone. They can have amazingly low expectations.

What this does mean is that you have to take a problem solving attitude yourself and realise that it's worth doing that so you can have a life that is worth caring about. I hope that makes sense.

As well as visually impaired I am also on the autistic spectrum. I have in recent years started to realise that I don’t care what people think if they can’t try and accept me then it’s not my problem. I get down as I would like a girlfriend or boyfriend as I’m bisexual, I do have some good friends though

It matters that you don't care. Hopeless isn't a healthy state of being, I've been dealing with severe burn out for the last year and I'm not out but managing it better. Be careful of letting your brain trick you that you're exhausted, fed up or apathetic when you're in the space too, the one thing in this life you can count on is change, know that it do be like that sometimes, but not all the time.

It definitely sounds tough. This is what a big part of the community seen to have done just given up. Why did those things not work? I think it’s a good idea to find a more positive attitude about it. Don’t let your life be ruined by things you can’t help.

Maybe you could write, invent stories. You could become good at it. Or Take a dog? Maybe you could start to sculpture, you can t see but you can touch them. I don t know, don t give up, try something...

I'm sad that being vi/hi has ruined your life.

Do you not care about "improving" your life?

Or do you not care anymore that your life is "ruined"?

I can only describe my life as blah, it's mediocre, I don't love my job, I don't find joy in anything, I just plod along.

If you are feeling depressed or think your apathy is depression, getting help for that wouldn't be the worst idea, or is it just a realisation and a acceptance that this is your life now.

I hear yah, I have Usher Syndrome so im partially deaf and partially blind. There’s days I just don’t want to do anything at all cus it takes too much effort. Im an ophthalmology technician and Ive literally had the thought, “if my hearing aids die mid shift, im screwed...” So trust me when I feel how youre getting burned out. I’ll be honest, only thing that stops me from curling up into a ball and doing absolutely nothing is that I try to find my blindness and deafness interesting. I make an effort to study my blind spots, what am I “seeing” how is my brain processing the image and what is really there. What sounds don’t I hear that others can? Sure, my life is harder cus of a crappy roll of the dice, but I look at it this way, who else gets to experience this version of life? Not many people experience what we do... and honestly that alone is kinda amazing I think.

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I started a support group on Clubhouse to help myself and others talk through our experiences. You’re welcome to share yours. It’s audio based so I hope you have the ability to still participate. Here is the link for today’s meeting starting in about an hour and a half. The group is available on Tuesdays and Thursdays if you can’t make today’s meeting.

https://www.clubhouse.com/event/M5zqLlpv

I echo everyone else’s sentiments here and I hope you will find that it’s worth caring for things in your life.