Life loses its meaning and you begin to feel hopeless. You may turn to thrill seeking behaviors to cope with this emotion, such as substance use, gambling, or overeating. Feeling detached from your life and your ability to control your life. Those on the road to burnout may become more aggressive and snap at loved ones for no reason. Social invitations to parties, movies, and dinner dates start to feel burdensome instead of enjoyable. You begin to withdraw from family and friends. Instead of taking responsibility for your behaviors, you blame others, seeing them as incompetent, lazy, and overbearing. Work becomes the sole focus at the expense of family, friends, and hobbies, which now seem irrelevant. Instead of acknowledging that you’re pushing yourself to the max, you blame your boss, the demands of your job, or colleagues for your troubles. You begin to sacrifice self-care like sleep, exercise, and eating well. Common for people starting a new job or undertaking a novel task, too much ambition can lead to burnout. Psychologists Herbert Freudenberger and Gail North have outlined the 12 phases of this stress syndrome: Unlike a cold or the flu, burnout doesn’t hit all at once. Burnout can also lead to mental health concerns like depression and anxiety.
Burnout, like other long-term stress, can lower your immune system, making you more susceptible to colds, the flu, and insomnia. Coping with normal stressors like preparing for a work meeting, driving kids to school, and tending to household tasks also may start to feel insurmountable, especially when things don’t go as planned. Burnout can cause people to lose their cool with friends, co-workers, and family members more easily. In extreme cases, they may turn to drugs, alcohol, or food as a way to numb their emotional pain. Dissatisfied with the never-ending demands of their jobs, people with burnout may fantasize about running away or going on a solo-vacation.
As a result, they may stop socializing and confiding in friends, family members, and co-workers. People with burnout tend to feel overwhelmed. Physical symptoms may include headaches, stomachaches, and appetite or sleeping changes. Feeling physically and emotionally depleted. Worried that you may be experiencing burnout but unsure of the signs? We’ve compiled a list of symptoms that you can use as a guide.
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