![]() ![]() In my work as a coach, I also use the principles of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). We also need to understand our core stressors, and to identify which of those are in our control and which of those are not in our control. The first step to overcoming exhaustion is to understand our preferences, so that we can be wise and mindful about how much time we spent outside of our comfort zone and know when we should return for recovery. What kind of evidence-based strategies can help people to deal with feelings of exhaustion and burnout? It's as though someone is constantly shouting negative remarks at us, and that can drain our energy from the inside. ![]() Many people have an "inner critic": a strongly negative internal voice. If we have unrealistically high expectations of what we feel we should achieve, and if we judge our work very harshly, then we are much more likely to burnout. There is a proven correlation between perfectionism and burnout. How do our personal thinking patterns exacerbate the stresses we fear? This is depressing, because it's so easy to give, yet a lot of managers are terrible at making people feel appreciated. Some studies show that a lack of appreciation can double our risk of burning out. A lack of appreciation can cause incredible social pain. The unfairness factor is probably the most important one that I encounter with my clients. Research shows that the top six reasons for burnout are excessive workloads, insufficient autonomy, inadequate rewards, breakdown of community, mismatch of values, and unfairness. What are the leading triggers for burnout? This means that our thoughts revolve around work all the time. Unless we are highly disciplined, we find it very hard to switch off from work and not to check emails or Slack messages. In the past, the boundaries between work and leisure were more clearly drawn, but now, with modern technology we're always connected. We want it to provide a sense of purpose and an opportunity for self-realisation. We expect so much of work these days: not just status and an income, but legitimisation. It's also because we tend to overvalue work it features centrally in our emotional universe. I think that is partly because we are struggling with a more precarious and competitive working culture. There are lots of studies showing that burnout is on the increase across the world, in many different domains of work. They often have to change profession and it can take years to recover. Their bodies are saying no and stop functioning. ![]() Some people with burnout can feel completely incapacitated. If exhaustion is a spectrum, then burnout is at the sharp end of the spectrum. It is defined as an occupational malaise that manifests in reduced energy and efficacy, combined with "depersonalisation", which means a more cynical attitude towards the people with whom we work or the organisations for which we work. There's a lot of evidence that people have worried about exhaustion, and its causes, all the way back to ancient China.īurnout, in contrast, is a syndrome with very specific symptoms. Our anxieties around energy – and over-expending our reserves – are timeless. What's the difference between exhaustion and burnout? Her new book, Exhausted: An A-Z for the Weary, examines the history and science of exhaustion, and offers evidence-based advice to cope with the stresses that life throws at us. To find out, science writer David Robson spoke to Anna Katharina Schaffner, a cultural historian and executive coach specialising in burnout. What is leading us to feel so exhausted? And how can we develop greater resilience? ![]() More than a third of adults report feeling fatigue most or all of the time, while diagnoses of burnout are at an all-time high. ![]()
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