How to Deal with Burnout | Adam Borland, PsyD

[@davidoverwoods]

Very informative. Starting to realize that I'm not lazy depressed or worthless, I'm burnt out from my high stress job. Employers don't realize how stressful their workplace is and not everyone can handle every job. Started looking for a job and can feel the difference.

[@hyunbinsdimple5803]

This is true. I’ve been experiencing everything that he is saying word for word. I used to be the type of person that was extremely well organized. I had a strict routine that I would follow, including cooking, cleaning and laundry. Since experiencing burnout, my entire routine has been thrown out the window. I hardly cook or clean. I sleep all day over weekends. I feel completely exhausted after finishing a few menial tasks at work. My day feels like it’s 48hours long, and yet time is moving so quickly. I find my role extremely boring and mismatched with my capabilities. What I do does not require a person will a unique set of skills in order to execute; anyone can do it.

[@wileycoyote9688]

I can relate

[@pete5668]

I can definitely relate to this.

[@anne-marierowe9411]

I’ve just had annual leave and was refreshed after feeling wiped out at work . However after one day back that was stressful felt exactly as I did before I went on annual leave . The difference was I recognised my issue might be my stressful job as off work I did not feel depressed. This video helped so much in distinguishing this further and what to do and I found it so helpful to look at how to protect myself from my stressful work and how to be more resilient. Thank you Adam and Cleveland clinic from the UK

[@dz7090]

I have felt like a slave at work since Covid - doing more, expecting more and more from systems, work faster, heavier work loads. Employers are treating employees like machines or vending machines now, rather than human beings it seems, with the increase of technology, and with expectations to do ten times more, in a shorter more rapid pace!

[@GStarGoku3]

I heard a really interesting theory recently, can't remember where unfortunately. It said that when people use machines/computers they get used to "push a button, then you get something". The theory was that this changes how we treat people, and we begin to treat them like machines. I can push this button and get my employee to work harder for example, forgetting it makes them stressed or has a social cost attached to it.

[@wileycoyote9688]

I studied music in college and have always wanted to be a musician. Now making music just feels like work. All I do is work. No relationships, no social life, barely any exercise, no sleep, poor diet, the whole gamut. It doesn’t help that I’m bipolar Meditation used to be the most important thing in my life. I would meditate 30 minutes per day and remain mindful throughout the day Burnout has killed that drive. I’ve stayed at the same level of seniority for years because I’ll get so burned out from one job and move to another. Rinse and repeat. Just spinning my wheels I am an alcoholic and was sober for three years. I finally felt free from addiction. Then my bosses boss invited me to drinks and I relapsed for at least 6 months; drinking throughout the day and night and developing a nicotine addiction. I started missing meetings, falling behind on work, secretly drinking when with family, low self-esteem, etc. Also gained a ton of weight I am now 7 days sober from alcohol and still getting withdrawal symptoms (cold sweats, flu like symptoms, depression/agitation, etc.) I know what it is like to be sober and how I previously barely thought about drinking. I am trying to get back to that place Hoping to fix the cycle soon

[@merystic]

Just so you know, there is at least one internet stranger out here rooting for you. I hope things get better for you, your situation can improve

[@wileycoyote9688]

​@@merystic Thank you so much!

[@Presario3440]

​@@wileycoyote9688we all root for you. Take good care of yourself. It's gonna get better.

[@seaweedbrain2933]

I've seen many cases where making a career out of a hobby ends up ruining it 😢 All the best for your journey

[@RebelofIreland]

I'm so burned out, I'd rather be poor than work.

[@heather5926]

That’s the plan! They want us all to want the Universal Basic Income. They’ve inflated western society so much we can’t keep up. Results? Burnout and desperate for anything other than what their reality is

[@tyffanypoudrier2826]

Some people burn out and end up in a depression

[@rondamon4408]

Not me

[@sugarandspice2136]

I am on the fence on whether or not I want to go back to work permanently the next day. Always on the fence. It’s cruel and unfair to overwork your employees.

[@charissahanks3967]

I'm very burnt out!!! I'm never positive anymore. I used to happy go lucky. Than life struck. Now I hate everything.

[@heather5926]

Same

[@jamesoffutt2801]

sometimes you get burn out, as a caregiver.

[@tyffanypoudrier2826]

Yup! 1000% and that is actually more common than what they are speaking pertaining to

[@Caydos]

Burnout is basically the working class syndrome. Pretty much why most people go through it.

[@tonyaadams5402]

Quit work, be poor, save my life...

[@antoniofigueroa5084]

Is burnout a defense mechanism?

[@tonythaiger93]

Yes. Fight or flee response from our brain 🧠

[@sara073e]

I cant have routines bc i never know what my work might offer on a daily basis or IF I'm offered work. I dont know if this month ill ba able to pay rent even. I feel like the minimum required of me to be able to pay rent, keep my home clean, take care of my child, put food on the table is 300%. If there was 2 or three people who was me, they would be able to manage. But i can't. There is just no time. I work after i put my child to bed and after leaving my child at daycare there isn't enough time for me to work to put food on the table. My kid spends way too much time at daycare. And after I've picked her up there is not enough time to buy food, prepare food and clean home and spend time with my kid. Ive tried everything to make it work but the equation is just not adding up. And now I'm at a point where I barely can do any of it anymore.

[@leftfield00]

hey please do stay strong ❤