For the past whole week, I have been feeling horrible. I wake up feeling groggy, dazed and lazy. Negativity is also starting to creep up in my mind. This can only mean one thing - this is not good at all! Not good!
I ran a search to find out the general burnout symptoms are, and I found these:
1. Chronic fatigue - exhaustion, tiredness, a sense of being physically run down
2. Anger at those making demands
3. Self-criticism for putting up with the demands
4. Cynicism, negativity, and irritability
5. A sense of being besieged
6. Exploding easily at seemingly inconsequential things
7. Frequent headaches and gastrointestinal disturbances
8. Weight loss or gain
9. Sleeplessness and depression
10. Shortness of breath
11. Suspiciousness
12. Feelings of helplessness
13. Increased degree of risk taking
Out of the 13 symptoms above, I hit 9 of those symptoms, meaning to say there is a good 70% chance I am starting to suffer from burnout.
How does burnout occur? There are infinite number of reasons why burnout could happen to someone. However, the easiest way to explain the phenomenon of burnout is by imagining a fork. A fork is used for eating but if you try to use a fork for other purposes, say for driving nails or digging the soil, that fork is going to break.
Why am I writing this? So that readers who think they may be demonstrating the symptoms I listed out above can do something about it before it becomes worse. I have already fallen into it's grasp and it is far from easy trying to pick myself back up. To make matters worse, I have a test tomorrow. This is not helping me at all.
What I need now is a break and I don't seem to be getting it..... period!
I ran a search to find out the general burnout symptoms are, and I found these:
1. Chronic fatigue - exhaustion, tiredness, a sense of being physically run down
2. Anger at those making demands
3. Self-criticism for putting up with the demands
4. Cynicism, negativity, and irritability
5. A sense of being besieged
6. Exploding easily at seemingly inconsequential things
7. Frequent headaches and gastrointestinal disturbances
8. Weight loss or gain
9. Sleeplessness and depression
10. Shortness of breath
11. Suspiciousness
12. Feelings of helplessness
13. Increased degree of risk taking
Out of the 13 symptoms above, I hit 9 of those symptoms, meaning to say there is a good 70% chance I am starting to suffer from burnout.
How does burnout occur? There are infinite number of reasons why burnout could happen to someone. However, the easiest way to explain the phenomenon of burnout is by imagining a fork. A fork is used for eating but if you try to use a fork for other purposes, say for driving nails or digging the soil, that fork is going to break.
Why am I writing this? So that readers who think they may be demonstrating the symptoms I listed out above can do something about it before it becomes worse. I have already fallen into it's grasp and it is far from easy trying to pick myself back up. To make matters worse, I have a test tomorrow. This is not helping me at all.
What I need now is a break and I don't seem to be getting it..... period!
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