How to Know if You're Experiencing Burnout

I finally knew I was experiencing burnout when I found myself unable to hold back tears at work for a third time in one day. 

If you are emotionally, mentally and physically exhausted because of chronic stress you may be experiencing burnout.

Burnout can be subtle at first. The signs and symptoms starts off gradual. 

Emotional and mental signs and symptoms of burnout affect your thoughts, feelings and behaviors. They are you responding to events happening internally or externally.

Emotional Signs and Symptoms:

• Mood changes
• Sense of failure
• Self-doubt
• Feeling helpless
• Feeling trapped
• Feeling defeated
• Detachment
• Lost of motivation
• Increasingly cynical
• Negative outlook
• Decrease sense of accomplishment

Mental Signs and Symptoms:

• Withdrawal from responsibilities
• Isolating yourself
• Procrastination
• Using food, drugs or alcohol to cope
• Taking your frustrations out on others
• Skipping responsibilities
• Relationship changes
• Health changes

Physical signs and symptoms of burnout affect your body. You can see these things. 

Physical Signs and Symptoms

• Tired most of the time
• Feeling drained
• Frequently getting sick
• Headaches
• Muscle pain
• Change in appetite
• Change in sleep habits

Recognizing these signs and symptoms early can help prevent burnout. If you ignore the signs and symptoms when they first appear, you’ll eventually burnout and need to seek changes to help overcome it.

If your stress has become too much for too long, my eBook "A Way Out of Burnout" offers simple and practical steps so you can start healing from burnout today.