If you ask me, burnout looks different for everyone, and there are many different ways and levels in which it can emerge.
In some countries, it is not yet recognised as a diagnosis, whereas in other countries, it is well recognised within the health system.
If you look up the World Health Organisation definition, it only relates to the work place. However, in my career I have seen cases of burnout emerge from non-work related life scenarios.
There are people who run on stress-mode constantly, have incredibly high expectations of themselves and feel the pressure to be exceeding at at every single life role, all the time. For years this was me without even knowing it. It would pay to note that this comes from a good place. Though, we can go on to get stuck in the cycle without even realising, or for some of us, we may hit rock bottom (full burnout).
Other things that could be signs of burnout could be; running on a short fuse, lacking energy, getting brain fog, withdrawing socially, finding it hard to concentrate, not having time to read things properly, spending more time worrying than enjoying, and never feeling refreshed after a night's sleep.
In my experience, this all falls under burnout on some level.
Throw social media, societal expectations and trying to keep everyone happy in the mix and your body has many reasons to run on anxiety (or pre-burnout) mode.
But the thing is, none of these are physical problems so we just carry on and get used to it. It is time to realise this is not normal and life can be better than this.
You can feel healthy, calm and find wellness again.
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