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Social contact is nature's antidote to stress. When you vocalize your problems, they immediately feel smaller, and even just being around a positive presence can calm your nervous system. The people you're interacting with don't have to provide solutions—they just have to hear you.
And this contact can also be virtual.
Don’t try to push past the exhaustion! There are three easy steps: first, recognize the signs; then reverse the damage by finding support; and, lastly, build resilience by taking care of your physical and emotional health.
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If you're sitting in front of a computer all day, leave the screens off when work is over. It's also important to have a base of friends or activities separate from work so you can cultivate a rich non-work life.
If you feel like you're alone, it's never too late to build new friendships. Find Facebook groups you can relate to and introduce yourself, for example. Or if you prefer, get in touch with people you haven't spoken to in a long time.
Branching out into new social circles can be the exciting and refreshing change you need.
Many factors can cause the excessive and prolonged stress that leads to burnout, whether it’s your profession, caring for family, working long hours, or witnessing upsetting news every day. There are so many reasons to be stressed, and we often accept that as the norm. We’re taught that we have to work harder than everyone else if we want to succeed, and we’re encouraged to value career success over our own well-being. But it’s catching up to us.
The syndrome essentially drains the joy out of your life, making problems seem insurmountable while also making it difficult to muster up the energy to care about anyone or anything, let alone take care of yourself. It can threaten your job, your relationships, and your health, and it’s an increasingly prevalent issue that only gets worse without the knowledge to fix it.
We’ve all encountered stress and unhappiness at work, but we’ve been trained to believe that taking a vacation will "recharge" us. More and more, however, people’s burnout worsens when they return and find that nothing has changed. Unfortunately, burnout is deeper than temporarily feeling overwhelmed.
What makes it even more difficult is that burnout isn’t always easy to spot. Plus, it doesn’t go away on its own and, if left untreated, it can lead to serious physical and psychological illnesses like depression, heart disease, and diabetes.
But don’t get stressed out by this! Check out the following gallery to see warning signs and effective techniques for both preventing and handling burnout.
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Burnout is a state of mental, emotional, and physical exhaustion characterized by feelings of depletion, detachment, cynicism, and a reduction of efficacy. The World Health Organization recognized burnout as a syndrome stemming from "chronic workplace stress."
Many factors can cause the excessive and prolonged stress that leads to burnout, whether it’s your profession, caring for family, working long hours, or witnessing upsetting news every day. There are so many reasons to be stressed, and we often accept that as the norm. We’re taught that we have to work harder than everyone else if we want to succeed, and we’re encouraged to value career success over our own well-being. But it’s catching up to us.
The syndrome essentially drains the joy out of your life, making problems seem insurmountable while also making it difficult to muster up the energy to care about anyone or anything, let alone take care of yourself. It can threaten your job, your relationships, and your health, and it’s an increasingly prevalent issue that only gets worse without the knowledge to fix it.
We’ve all encountered stress and unhappiness at work, but we’ve been trained to believe that taking a vacation will "recharge" us. More and more, however, people’s burnout worsens when they return and find that nothing has changed. Unfortunately, burnout is deeper than temporarily feeling overwhelmed.
What makes it even more difficult is that burnout isn’t always easy to spot. Plus, it doesn’t go away on its own and, if left untreated, it can lead to serious physical and psychological illnesses like depression, heart disease, and diabetes.
But don’t get stressed out by this! Check out the following gallery to see warning signs and effective techniques for both preventing and handling burnout.