Here's how you can effectively cope with burnout.

Burnout is a mental and physical state characterized by excessive work involvement. Reducing the intensity of this involvement is crucial to mitigating burnout.

Burnout is feeling depressed, without energy, worried about the future, without a solution... This can lead to denial, a tendency to drink, to smoke, or a psychomatic illness. Sometimes, the person moves, or looks for a new job. The main thing is to find a positive vision, to formulate a long-term objective, which requires inner peace. Asking for help is a first step.

Burnout is a manifestation of mental and even worse physical signs. However it is (partially) because of constant long-term negative emotions and feelings. First step is to be more self-aware and conscious about my feelings. If I have a negative feeling I have to make it knowledgeable to myself - it is an unpleasant feeling indeed. Why am I feeling this way? Immediatelly I used to search for a replacement: how can I transform it? How can I reframe it? Awareness can help to avoid long term impacts and burn-out also - as a plus redirects feelings to thinking part- this way decreases some other negative impact like anxiety.

I prefer the definition by Pines and Aronson that burnout is due to long-standing emotional stress that results in psychological, mental and physical exhaustion. The reason why I prefer this is because it doesn't say that burnout is directly related to the workplace. Because it is not. Going through a tough life situation such as divorce, IVF, unemployment, financial insecurity, isolation, chronic illness, menopause, mid-life crisis can all trigger such a hightened state of emotional stress that if not dealt with can all lead to burnout. Having said that, because we carry our -hopefully- on personality with all its emotions attached to work as well, it can take an effect on our work as well. It is about time to be clear about it!

The kinesiologists like me are knowing very well, how can the emotional stress release on an easy way. John C Thie showed the world this uniqe and really easy technik already in the 70's. And the really good news is that, no need to go therapist or coach, anybody could practice it by her/his own.

O acompanhamento de um profissional é essencial desde o início da identificação de sintomas, pois isso impedirá que a doença se agrave. Se possível, antes mesmo de qualquer sintoma, ao identificar que está passando por situações difíceis, tendo dificuldade para relaxar, se desligar e separar a vida profissional da pessoal, procure um terapeuta para te ajudar a lidar com isso antes de ter um Burnout.

Point 0, just because point 1 (Recognize signs) is obsolate, hence we have not recognized signs and we are in the burn-out situation. Not too frequent context switching helps prevent burn-out. I think of activities that yield success or joyful things like dance, music, etc.. For somebody it is a kind of sport, I have found learning also kind of an activity. I learn every morning with a goal to achieve some result, then stressful working day turns, in the end of the day sport or game.