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.

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The three R approach -

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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Difference between stress and burnout - Where stress involves too much (on your plate), burnout is about not enough: feeling empty and mentally exhausted, devoid of motivation, and beyond caring.

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Exhaustion - Feeling physically and emotionally depleted, which may entail headaches, stomachaches, and appetite or sleeping changes that further the exhaustion.

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Isolation - Included in the feeling of being overwhelmed, people with burnout may stop socializing and reaching out to family and friends. You push your support system away when you need it most.

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Frequent illnesses - Burnout can actually lower your immune system, as your mind affects your body, making you more susceptible to colds, the flu, and insomnia.

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Displacement of conflicts - The person experiencing burnout may not realize the root cause and may consequently begin blaming others and wholly denying the internal problems.

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Reduction in average capacity - When you're plagued with burnout, you're not performing at your best.

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Decreased satisfaction - You lose the sense of meaning and accomplishment in your work, and that space is instead filled with a sense of failure and self-doubt.

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Prevention - Stress may be unavoidable, but burnout is preventable! Following these steps may help you extinguish the burn before it bursts into flames.

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Eat a balanced diet - Eating a healthy diet can be a natural antidepressant. Be sure to incorporate mood-boosting foods.

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Avoid excessive drive/ambition - Starting a new job or task can often make people feel that they must overwork themselves to catch up, but too much ambition can lead to burnout.

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Separate your life from work -

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Give yourself a gift every day - Whether it's going for a walk, visiting a new café, watching one of your favorite shows, or cooking a nice meal, do something special every day.

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Set reasonable deadlines - And flexible ones! Deadlines are a huge source of stress, and when we prioritize a project over our health, we sacrifice the needs of our bodies.

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Cut out stressors - Hanging out with people who love to complain won't help your mood or outlook, so try to avoid them as much as you can.

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Social contact -

And this contact can also be virtual.

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Find new friends -

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How to recover from burnout

New life due to the pandemic may increase the cases of burnout

24/11/24 | StarsInsider

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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.