How do I pull back from burnout when guilt keeps dragging me in?

You can see that you are burning out, and every time you try to pull back, the guilt and the workload haul you right back in. That is an exhausting trap, and you are caught in it not because you are weak but because the guilt is genuinely powerful. Naming the trap is the first step out of it. Here is what the guilt hides: you cannot pour from an empty cup, and running yourself into collapse does not actually serve the work or the people you feel guilty toward. A burned-out you helps no one for long. The pullback you feel guilty about is not selfish. It is maintenance on the only person who can do your job. Start with one small recovery you protect no matter what the guilt says: one evening, one real day off, one task you hand back. Hold it, and watch that the sky does not fall. The guilt will scream that you are letting people down; do it anyway, once, and let the evidence answer the guilt. You are not abandoning the work. You are keeping yourself able to do it at all.