Although burnout syndrome, which can be triggered by situations such as increased stress, intense daily work and school lives, seems to be a periodic psychological problem, it can become inextricable when it reaches a certain level.
To summarize burnout syndrome simply, burnout syndrome is a work-related problem. It is the exact opposite of feelings and thoughts such as being excited about your life, thinking that you get full efficiency from meetings, impressing people with your energy, and self-confidence. Unfortunately, some people do not take burnout syndrome seriously and do not think it is real. This syndrome is very real and you should get help before your physical and mental fatigue affects you even worse. It has been observed that it develops together with depression in some individuals, and its symptoms are very similar to the early stages of depression. Since the disease progresses secretly for a while, it can be confused with depression.
The syndrome has symptoms in several categories. They can cause both emotional and physical symptoms. These symptoms may also turn into behavior.
Emotionally, feelings of worthlessness, alienation from the environment, serious decrease in self-confidence, constant restlessness and anxiety are generally observed. Physically, it manifests itself as heart palpitations and feeling tired and lack of energy in individuals. At the same time, individuals experience severe concentration problems. Forgetfulness, absent-mindedness, and carelessness begin to occur frequently. As a result of the symptoms, many individuals resort to substances such as cigarettes and alcohol, feeling that they reduce these symptoms, and because the importance they attach to themselves decreases, individuals with burnout syndrome may tend to drive faster and more carelessly than normal.
So why does burnout syndrome occur?
The most important point is overload. A person may fall into burnout syndrome due to the accumulation of situations such as being constantly exposed to bad stress, not being able to get out of unhappiness, not being able to say no, and not giving oneself a break. It generally creates a lack of motivation in the individual, and as the stress of this accumulates, it can become an inextricable situation.
It is very difficult to escape from the stress of life and burnout syndrome can be seen even in housewives. If you have work-related reasons to change something in your daily life, take a look at your habits, you can turn to changing your work conditions as the last option. All your health is more important. Although burnout syndrome may seem like a problem caused by simple "daily" stress, it weakens both the psychology and physical resistance of individuals. Although it shows its effect emotionally in the short term, it can cause physical symptoms in the long term and cause the individual to become aggressive and put himself in danger.
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If you think someone around you has this syndrome, the first step you should take is support. Your comments about the unimportance or temporaryness of the topics discussed can affect the person even worse, so commenting with a slightly more supportive speaking style can also restore the person's motivation.
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If you see burnout syndromes in yourself, if you have been in an overwhelmed and restless mood for a long time, do not wait for these feelings to disappear because it may cause more serious harm to you without realizing it. The first thing you need to do is to determine the source of stress, then you can plan how to eliminate stress with your own methods. If you find it difficult to do these or if you think you cannot do them, you can get support from a psychologist. If you currently experience situations such as overtime, not having time for yourself, continuing a job you don't want, insomnia, overload, putting others or your work before yourself, you can start by correcting that situation. Because these are common triggers that exhaust people when repeated.
Burnout syndrome is a long-term problem, a few bad workdays will not put you in burnout syndrome, but It is also important not to confuse the symptoms of the syndrome with general stress. The syndrome is treatable, try to change your own routine to prevent worse damage to your condition and psychology. If there is nothing you can do, it is best to consult a specialist.
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