The Cost of Ethical Overload: A Neuro-Ethical Realism Case Study - Couverture souple

Derin, Sofia

Couverture souple

ISBN 13 : 9798249336875

Editeur : Independently published, 2026

Synopsis

What if you’re not burned out, just overloaded?
After crisis ends, most people expect relief.
But what happens when responsibility resumes before your nervous system has recovered?
The Cost of Ethical Overload explores a quiet but increasingly common experience: remaining competent, capable, and trusted while internally operating beyond sustainable capacity.
This is not a traditional burnout book.
It is not a resilience manual.
It is not a trauma memoir.
It is a clear, grounded case study of what happens when prolonged stress, ethical responsibility, and high-pressure work environments exceed the limits of the human nervous system.
Many professionals in law, healthcare, education, custodial systems, leadership roles, and caregiving stay outwardly functional long after their bodies signal overload. They can think clearly. Perform well. Make responsible decisions. And still feel physically depleted, hyper-vigilant, or unable to fully recover.
Through the framework of Neuro-Ethical Realism, Sofia Derin examines:

• The difference between competence and capacity
• Why high-functioning people often crash after the crisis, not during it
• How chronic stress and moral responsibility affect the nervous system
• Why institutions mistake performance for sustainability
• What “moral injury” looks like when it is physiological, not emotional

This book challenges the assumption that if you are still performing, you are still fine.
Responsibility is not infinite.
Resilience is not limitless.
Capacity is biological.
For readers interested in psychology, nervous system regulation, burnout recovery, ethical leadership, stress science, moral injury, and institutional design, The Cost of Ethical Overload offers a new lens: one that treats collapse not as weakness but as data.
This is a serious examination of responsibility under pressure and what it costs to carry it without margin.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Independently published
• Date d'édition: 2026
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 13: 9798249336875
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 94
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