 The discovery of burnout, a good health and well-being explanation video. Burnout is a syndrome of the psyche. It causes the feeling of overtaxing and is mostly stress-related. The discovery of burnout starts with a person who experienced it himself, Herbert Freudenberger. Herbert Freudenberger and his family were persecuted by Nazis in his early life. After he flee to America alone and graduated high school he worked in a factory while attending night classes. It was the start of his career as a doctor in psychology. Herbert Freudenberger first recognized burnout in 1974. Working in his own practice from 8 to 18 o'clock plus working as a volunteer in a free clinic till 23 o'clock got him more and more exhausted. Cool Ikes were in similar situations. Talking about the syndromes led him recognized burnout as a complex but specific illness. This motivated him to research for a clinic concept for burnout. Freudenberger discovered 12 phases in the developing process of this illness. The process starts with the desire of proofment and extreme ambitions. Overworking, the neglect of hobbies and friends and alienation are following. It can ends with depression, forms of covering the syndrome up with sexuality, eating disorders, drugs and even suicide. Freudenberger's understanding of burnout as a state of mental and physical exhaustion caused by one's professional life also made him develop treatments. Although Herbert Freudenberger had many different jobs, his main achievement for being remembered will be his acknowledgement of burnout and creation of its treatment.