Emotional burn out can often be more difficult than depression. When I am crying and depressed at least I am feeling something, I may not know what will make me feel better but at least I am feeling. But when I am burned out, which I use to get regularly of not constantly it was similar to deep depression but instead of pain it was just a lack of everything.
I just realized that I have not been in full burn out mode for more than a day or two in the last 6 months. I suppose that is a good thing, though the depressive highs and lows have been more common.
::hugs:: hang in there hopefully you will feel the old excitement once its a reality, pulling away from careing about something when your afraid it may not happen is very common.
Serena