What is
burnout?
Last year
after graduation and the discussion of my thesis, I felt this kind of exhaustion
for a long period of time, I slept days and nights I wasn’t able to do anything can’t
go out stopped the gym even I wasn’t interested in movies I just wanted to
rest as much as I could, it was really something huh?
Everything
happened because of my researches, I had this problem about how to produce
bioelectricity from bacteria and treating wast water at the same time, between
running from bibliography to lab work and experimenting all day long for many
times and some problems with my tutor believe me it wasn’t an easy task with
the period of time I had planned. Is this really
a burnout ???
After some time I start having my strength back but still, my behavior didn’t change what’s
wrong with me?
I found that
burnout is the loss of motivation and the
energy to keep moving forward.
Also, it said
that it is a state of emotional, mental, physical, exhaustion caused by excessive
and prolonged stress in times when a person is unable to meet certain standards
and demands.
Dr. Maslach put
burnout in 3 types base on the environment that may cause it.
1. Individual burnout or self-burnout it
caused by negative self-talk and blaming ourselves for not being able to keep up
with whatever we are going for.
2. Interpersonal burnout its cause is toxic
relationships and very stressful situations related to people.
3. Organizational burnout
Poor life organization
Extreme demands
Not fulfilling our life standards
Burnout and stress are
pretty closely linked, but they’re not the same thing.
Stress puts a lot of
pressure on the body. This can be manageable in the short-term, but if it's
constant, it can be bad for both your physical health and emotional wellbeing.
Eventually, too much stress on your body over a long period of time can cause
you to burn out.
So to make it
clear you can be stressed without being burned out but you can't be burned out without
being stressed.
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