How to Know if You’re Burnt Out at Work
Most workers consider stress to be one of the side effects of working. When people think of career or job burnout, they think of high-level employees like management, CEOs, business owners, supervisors, and anyone who is responsible for other workers.
Burnout in the workplace affects people at every level, but it isn’t easy to recognise. Dr. Sherry Benton is a psychologist and the founder and online therapist with TAO Connect. She says that depression is a disorder that psychologists can diagnose and manage, but career burnout is often left undiagnosed.
Job Burnout Vs Mental Illness
Dr. Benton likens job burnout to a form of mental illness, but not in the way you think. She says, “Too often we think about mental health and mental illness as a single dimension, but the two are separate constructs. You can have a high level of mental health or a low level of mental health, and
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That is the only way to find ways to combat it and live a better quality of life.
12 Warnings Signs of Job Burnout
You may be surprised to learn that you suffer with career burnout after reading these signs and symptoms of this condition.
1. Setting the alarm to early – You may notice job burnout first thing in the morning if you find yourself hitting that snooze button repeatedly due to exhaustion. Then, once you do get up, you feel frantic when you wake up late.
2. After-work energy depletion – Feeling a persistent lack of energy after a day at work that causes you to avoid spending time with your family, cooking, going to the gym, or doing things you usually enjoy is an indicator that you are burnt out.
3. Insomnia and disrupted sleep patterns – Excessive work stress will cause you to lose sleep or experience poor sleep patterns. This is usually subconscious and due to something you did or didn’t do at work. You may or may not know why you can’t