Since I&#x27;ve gotten back from my last internship, it has been feeling like my brain has been refusing to work.<p>Over the last 10-12 months, I got extremely burnt out from a team that was rushed to finish a product - that included staying late often (4AM late). I was then only recommended for another internship, not a full time job. Feeling pretty defeated, I came back to school and took another heavy course load, which seemed to make brain not want to work part even worse.<p>I remember 2 years ago, I was coding projects in my spare time, had the enthusiasm of a 5 year old, and was just a generally happy guy. I used to love life! Now a simple task seems to take ages. My brain, when reading, doesn&#x27;t actually read in the data. It feels like it caches it, and then throws it out when the next thing comes along.<p>Has anyone ever gone through something like this? What has helped you? 
So far, it seems like video games (i haven&#x27;t played them in years) and going to the gym, and overall relaxing and taking things one step at a time has been helping. But... it&#x27;s not the 100% capacity I know I can exhibit.
Ask HN: Feels like my brain doesn't want to work anymore