5 SIGNS OF BURNOUT
BURNOUT, A PHENOMENON SO COMMONPLACE IT’S BEEN FORMALLY RECOGNIZED BY THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION, IS A PREVALENT PROBLEM IN THE MODERN-DAY WORKPLACE. IT HAS BEEN DESCRIBED BY SHAHIEDA JANSEN, A CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST AND THE DIRECTOR OF UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA, AS “A COMBINATION OF EMOTIONAL WEARINESS, DEPERSONALIZATION AND REDUCED FUNCTIONING.” DESPITE A GROWING AWARENESS BEFORE THE SPREAD OF THE CORONAVIRUS, THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC HAS EXACERBATED THE UNDERLYING STRESSORS THAT OFTEN CONTRIBUTE TO BURNOUT, LEADING TO HEIGHTENED LEVELS OF PERSONAL, PROFESSIONAL, AND HEALTH-RELATED STRESS. ALTHOUGH TRADITIONALLY ASSOCIATED WITH CARETAKING PROFESSIONS, SUCH AS HEALTHCARE WORKERS AND TEACHERS, BURNOUT HAS BECOME A MORE WIDESPREAD SYMPTOM OF OVERWORK.
Establishing a healthy relationship with your work life is a vital part of achieving personal happiness, which will ultimately lead to more robust and lasting professional success too. Dr. Sherry Walling, clinical psychologist and author, is of the opinion that burnout is “caused by having too much work that’s not meaningful or important,” and encourages us to be highly selective of what we take on, and find things in our life that are personally meaningful to help anchor us.
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