When they're first training, all psionics are told that if they pull on too much electricity while working, they will burn out. This is hammered into every psionic's mind -- you cannot push yourself too far, or you will burn out.

No one ever really tells you what it means to burn out. No one ever tells you how it feels. No one ever lets you know what the fallout will be like.

You don't think you were prepared for this.