The Science and Cycle of Burnout and How to Cope Up with its Detrimental Effects

An active lifestyle of busy people is prone to constant stress which results in helplessness, feelings of disillusion and extreme exhaustion. Perhaps, burnout is killing you without any warning. Everything seems to be dark and lonely around the environment where you belong. Unhappiness and detachment get in the way, If  this happens everyday, your job security is at stake. In the same way, interpersonal relationships are gravely affected.  To define in its psychological context, it is an emotional, mental and physical state of exhaustion due to prolonged stress. Among its evident manifestations are as follows: A person is emotionally drained and feels overwhelmed for some reason.

Extreme physical, mental and emotional exhaustion cause  burnout. 

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Stressors continue to haunt your entire system which decrease your drive and motivation to succeed in any task or undertaking. Moreover, the ill-effects of burnout sap energies and make social life worst. Physiologically, this will also cause long-term changes in a person's body chemistry and his or her vulnerability to illnesses is inevitable. What are its common signs and symptoms? Read on. 

• Decreased immunity
• Feeling tired
• Frequent headaches
• Sudden loss of appetite or modification of sleep patterns or cycle
• Sense of failure and self-doubt
• Feeling of solitude
• Decrease in personal satisfaction
• Withdrawal from responsibilities
• Procrastination attitude
• Low frustration tolerance

Burnout takes away a person's personal satisfaction. 

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Stress and burnout are too distinct from one another. Refer to the comparison below:

Stress is mainly characterized by over engagement, overactive emotions, hyperactivity, causes anxiety and it destructs your physical well-being. On the other hand, burnout causes blunted emotions, a person has a feeling of disengagement, detachment, depression, its damage targets one's affective state and a person perceives life as worthless. Oftentimes, if you have this disturbing psychological problem, you feel that overworking had caught you unaware. However, this is NOT its ultimate cause. 

The other contributory factors are: Lifestyle and personality traits, lack of recognition or reward from your job, numerous  job demand expectations and working in a high-pressured environment. As for its lifestyle triggering factors, it includes overworking without time for social interaction, inadequate support systems, too much work responsibilities without any assistance from peers and the necessity to be in control at all times.

People who are experiencing burnout have no social life.

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Here are the most effective solutions to break the chains of burnout. First, use the three R's mode self-treatment. Recognize, reverse and resilience. Recognize pertains to the close monitoring of its sign and symptoms before it's too late. Reverse is your ability to undo the damage by seeking the help of family and friends. Resilience talks about strengthening your overall well-being to handle stress effectively by taking good care of your body and emotional health. Develop your social interaction skills to calm down your CNS or Central Nervous System. Do not hesitate to talk to those people who are close to you. Your family and friends are the most trusted support groups. Try to be more sociable by hanging out with friends. Turn off your mobile phone once in a while  and have a well-deserved vacation trip. Schedule social events with your co-workers. 

A fun-filled vacation trip helps you to renew your overall well-being.

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Negative thinkers keep on complaining even about the smallest things in life. As much as possible, lessen your contact with them to avoid a  pessimistic outlook in life. Join a community group which will teach you how to uplift your spirit if burnout  recurs. Establish new friendships  which will inspire you in everything that you do. Find a much easier job that will ensure high productivity levels. Find value in your job. A huge sum of money cannot buy your inner peace and happiness. Enjoy what you do at work. Balance is the key towards personal productivity without draining your persona. If you dislike your job, never forget to satisfy yourself by exploring the other areas in your life. Ponder about your creative side and use it to fight back burnouts. Choose activities which are not work-related. Lastly, relax and have enough sleep to rewire your brain cells.

Enrol in a yoga class to rewire your brain cells.

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Burnout is merely a product of poor mindset. Set your priorities in life and keep in mind that whatever work you have, it is a BLESSING for you, your family and work associates who need your expertise and talents to benefit the company which trusts and believes in you despite of your limitations.