WHAT IS BURNOUT?

Burnout is a state of emotional, mental, and physical exhaustion caused by excessive and prolonged stress. When you experience continuous stress (from one or more sources), the feeling generally builds and you begin to feel overwhelmed and unable to meet constant demands and expectations..

Burnout reduces your productivity and drains your energy, leaving you feeling increasingly helpless and hopeless, cynical, and even resentful. It can even affect you physically, reducing your resistance to flus and viruses.

Burnout occurs after a period of time of experiencing the stress of feeling constantly under a barrage of worry about your responsibilities. At some point you feel exhausted, and you give up the fight. It is a gradual process that occurs over an extended period of time.

Symptoms of burnout include:

The feeling that every day is a bad day.

Caring about what has been stressing you feels like a total waste of energy.

You’re exhausted all the time.

You feel like nothing you do makes a difference or is appreciated.