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Burnout Syndrome (ภาวะรักคนหมดไฟ)

Burnout Syndrome (ภาวะรักคนหมดไฟ; also romanized Phawa Rak Khon Mot Fai) is a 2025 Thai boys' love (BL) drama series produced by GMMTV, broadcast on the GMM25 channel weekly from 26 November 2025 to 4 February 20261. It stars the pairing Off Jumpol Adulkittiporn and Gun Atthaphan Phunsawat, with Dew Jirawat Sutivanichsak in the third lead role, and is directed by Anucha Boonyawatana (Nuchy)2. The series is adapted from a novel of the same name by JittiRain3.

Key factDetail
Original titleภาวะรักคนหมดไฟ (Phawa Rak Khon Mot Fai)4
BroadcastGMM25, Wednesdays 20:30, 26 November 2025 to 4 February 2026; episodes of about 45 minutes1 • 4
StreamingiQIYI at 21:30 (Thailand time), the sole online platform in Thailand; GMMTV YouTube internationally5 • 6
Director / writersAnucha Boonyawatana (director and screenwriter), with JittiRain and Ben Sethinun Jariyavilaskul as screenwriters4
SourceNovel Burnout Syndrome - ภาวะรักคนหมดไฟ by JittiRain3
Main castOff Jumpol (Koh), Gun Atthaphan (Jira), Dew Jirawat (Pheem), Emi Thasorn Klinnium (Ing), AJ Chayapol (Mawin), Thor Thinnaphan (Ben)2
Audience rating13+ in Thailand1

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Premise

The story follows Jira (Gun Atthaphan), a young artist who is suddenly fired from his job and falls into burnout syndrome, the state of emotional exhaustion the title refers to. Seeking relief, he visits a bar called BURNOUT, a space designed for people worn down by work, where he meets Pheem (Dew Jirawat), a charming IT specialist; the two hit it off and exchange phone numbers5 • 7.

Through Pheem, Jira encounters Koh Korrawick (Off Jumpol), a reclusive startup CEO and owner of a well-known online shopping platform who despises meeting people and needs a stand-in to represent him in business negotiations. Koh hires Jira as "Mr. K" under one condition: Koh himself will pose for Jira's paintings. The arrangement revives Jira's art, blurs the line between inspiration and desire, and draws both men into a relationship that goes beyond employment, while Pheem enters the same game as a rival for Jira's heart2 • 8.

Cast and characters

  • Off Jumpol Adulkittiporn as Koh Korrawick: an anti-social, wealthy startup CEO who does not trust people and avoids facing his own traumas; his relationship with Jira moves beyond the professional2 • 11.
  • Gun Atthaphan Phunsawat as Jira: a burned-out artist who has lost his job and makes a deal with Koh for money, caught between Pheem, whom he met at the Burnout Bar, and Koh11.
  • Dew Jirawat Sutivanichsak as Pheem: both a childhood friend and a business colleague of Koh, a figure in the love triangle and also caught in the middle of Koh's business decisions11.
  • Emi Thasorn Klinnium as Ing: Jira's loyal friend2.
  • Supporting roles include AJ Chayapol Jutamas as Mawin and Thor Thinnaphan Tantui as Ben2.

Production and release

The series was announced at GMMTV's new-lineup event "GMMTV 2025 RIDING THE WAVE" on 26 November 2024 as part of the 2025 slate9. Official filming began on 29 August 2025, with the three leads Off, Gun, and Dew attending the camera-opening ceremony10.

Broadcast pattern. Episodes aired weekly on GMM25 on Wednesday evenings at 20:30, with online release on the iQIYI app and website at 21:30; internationally, episodes with English subtitles appeared on the GMMTV YouTube channel5 • 6. In Japan, the series streamed on Rakuten TV simultaneously with Thailand and reached first place on the platform's daily ranking7.

The soundtrack includes "My Forever," performed by Off Jumpol and Gun Atthaphan, and a second theme performed by Louis Thanawin, Ford Allan, and Fluke Nattanon5.

Reception

Aggregated viewer scores placed the series in the mid-to-high range: IMDb listed 7.4/10 from 757 votes12, iBoy.tv recorded 8.0/10 from 2,038 ratings13, and the DramaBL database gave a score of 72.5 from 22 votes4.

Critical response. A Thai review highlighted the production's mature tone: the series uses warm, muted color grading, restrained lighting in bar and café scenes, and a quiet emotional register to convey the exhaustion of its characters, a style the reviewer described as closer to Thai indie film than to typical GMMTV youth drama, with the Burnout Bar itself designed as a visible refuge for worn-out people14. A Turkish-language review site scored it 6.6, describing it as a slow-paced story of healing burdened by trauma rather than a passionate romance, and noting that the lead actors, now over 30, play more mature characters than in their earlier work11. A viewer review on the same theme praised the styling, color grading, and the immersive original artwork, while criticizing the handling of Koh's childhood trauma and the ending15.

The title's double meaning

The English title names the clinical condition around which the story is built. In Thai public-health material, burnout syndrome (ภาวะหมดไฟ) is described as emotional exhaustion resulting from prolonged, excessive work stress, marked by emotional depletion, withdrawal from others, and a reduced sense of personal accomplishment16 • 17. The series applies this framing to its protagonist: Jira's burnout is portrayed not as a single dramatic breakdown but as a gradual draining of his art, sense of self, and capacity to love, and the bar where the story begins is presented as a refuge for people in that state13 • 7.

References

  1. ภาวะรักคนหมดไฟ (2568) - ThaiContentDB
  2. Burnout Syndrome (2025) - iQIYI
  3. Burnout Syndrome — MeMento Boys Love
  4. Burnout Syndrome - DramaBL
  5. [Burnout Syndrome ภาวะรักคนหมดไฟ Special [1/4] - GMMTV](https://www.gmm-tv.com/contents/zXvnM/?fbrefresh=CAN_BE_ANYTHING)
  6. WoBL | Thai / Burnout Syndrome
  7. 『Burnout Syndrome』あらすじ・相関図・見どころ - アニメイトタイムズ
  8. [[Official Trailer] Burnout Syndrome ภาวะรักคนหมดไฟ - YouTube, GMMTV OFFICIAL](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqtE21HQ-KU)
  9. OffGun主演『Burnout Syndrome』まとめ - Sip Thailand
  10. Q1 มาแล้ว! "ออฟ-กัน-ดิว" เปิดกล้องซีรีส์ "Burnout Syndrome ภาวะรักคนหมดไฟ" - Daradaily
  11. Burnout Syndrome (2026) Thai BL Dramas - mustafasonmez.com
  12. Burnout Syndrome (TV Series 2025– ) - IMDb
  13. Burnout Syndrome (2025) - iBoy.tv
  14. รีวิว Burnout Syndrome ภาวะรักคนหมดไฟ (2025) - TrueID
  15. Burnout Syndrome (Thai Series) - LGBTQ+ Culture and Life
  16. ภาวะหมดไฟ (Burnout Syndrome) - กรมควบคุมโรค กระทรวงสาธารณสุข
  17. ภาวะหมดไฟ หรือ Burnout Syndrome - สถาบันพระปกเกล้า

Topic: Encyclopedia › Arts and culture › Screen and stage › Film and television › Series and fictional screen worlds › International serial drama and telenovelas › Turkish, Middle Eastern, and African serials › Thai serial dramas (lakorn) › Premiered 2025 to 2026

Initially written Oct 3, 2026 · Reviewed: Oct 25, 2026 · Edited: Oct 15, 2026; Oct 25, 2026; Nov 1, 2026 · Last review: Oct 25, 2026

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