Max, 27, Software Engineer

My typical day just six months ago: 14 hours at the monitor, liters of coffee, a vape glued to my hand, and a constant "brain fog." I was making money hand over fist and studying neural networks, but I felt like an old server running at 100% CPU load without a cooling system.

At 27, I started falling apart: my back, my eyes, and most importantly—complete mental emptiness. I simply couldn't recover. Sleep didn't help, and weekends turned into mindlessly scrolling through YouTube. My resources were at zero, and the panic attacks began.

I didn't come to the School of CS for "spirituality"—I don't believe in that. I needed a hard system upgrade; biohacking, if you will. Working with Margarita Bezan became a complete "re-install" for me.

What really clicked:

1.  Energy therapy as physics, not mysticism. They explained how my consciousness works while coding and how my resources "leak" through fragmented attention. It is pure mathematics.

2. Fast reboot mechanisms. Now, when I feel overloaded, I don't reach for a smoke or an energy drink. I have 5-minute consciousness practices that reset mental tension right at my desk. It’s like hitting "Ctrl+Alt+Del" for your brain.

3.  Attention management. I learned how to code without involving my entire body and nervous system in the process. My productivity increased while my fatigue plummeted.

If you feel like your "hardware" (the body) can no longer handle the software, and standard advice like "just rest" or "go on vacation" isn't working—it means the problem is at the system architecture level. This is exactly what I realized when I started my recovery work with Margarita.

In this reconstruction work, I didn't find "solace," but rather concrete tools for managing my own energy resources and consciousness. This allows me to do more than just suppress burnout symptoms; it allows me to rebuild the very model of how I interact with the information field and the social pressures around me.

Now, I maintain the position of an observer and administrator. This provides the necessary distance that keeps my mind from overheating, allowing me to act precisely and with calculation.

For those accustomed to thinking realistically without fantasies, this School is perhaps the only logical way to regain control over your "bioprocessor." They don’t just restore your "strength"; they restore the mind's ability to effectively influence reality without destroying the carrier.

Thank you very much.