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Identifying burnout symptoms

Identifying burnout symptoms

From the course: Managing Career Burnout

Identifying burnout symptoms

We all experience stress, exhaustion, and the occasional bad day, but burnout is something much more severe. Burnout is state of chronic stress that often chips away at your health and well-being insidiously over time. While acute stress, such as an intense workout or a workplace fire drill, can actually leave your body and mind stronger when paired with rest and renewal, continual ongoing stress without recovery can result in a wide variety of negative health outcomes. From hypertension and digestive issues to a compromised immune system and trouble sleeping. Burnout is defined by its three core symptoms. One, mental and physical exhaustion. Two, cynicism and detachment. And three, feeling a lack of effectiveness. The irony is burnout tends to strike the hardest working, most committed workers among us. It leaves the most fired up and engaged employees feeling fatigued, depleted, and drained. These once inspired and…

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