Burnout
HealthyGamerGG: You Are Burned Out And Don't Even Know It
HealthyGamerGG: Your Job Doesn't Care About Your Mental Health - Reminders
Burnout symptoms¶
- Lack of empathy
- cynicism & negative view & fatalistic
- things are going to shit no matter what I do
 - co-worker drops the ball
 
 - stop caring about patients
 
 - cynicism & negative view & fatalistic
 - General lack of energy
 - Lack of enjoyment/fulfillment of your job
- like your job on paper
 - find it unfulfilling
 
 
Burnout vs depression¶
- similar
 - different treatment
 
individual <--> company, workplace or situation
burnout: trying way harder than what you get
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Example - doctors - helping patients - vs calling insurance
Burnout is getting worse despite the wellness industry booming
because it doesn't address the root: issues at work
got pushback when it took time away from work
self care has to be a part of work
What leads to burnout (6 factors)¶
| Factor | Workplace | Individual | 
|---|---|---|
| Workload | Overworked | overworking you want to be great emotional drive --> burnout  | 
| Control | Micromanaging | Control freak | 
| Reward | Unpaid overtime | What kind of compensation are you looking for? (ego: I want to be paid more than others) | 
| Community | Isolation | Social anxiety comparison desire to isolate (why don't you go to work events?)  | 
| Fairness | unfair politics nepotism  | 
perception of a lack of fairness Taken for granted willing to be a doormat (tolerate & reinforce unfair work env)  | 
| Values | eg: doctor: helping patients vs call insurance & billing | 
challenged and succeed - fulfilled challenged, succeeded and someone notices and says "you did awesome!" & appreciate you - fulfillment
Work¶
- I do extra work
- I get told to do less
 
 - I want to help everyone
- I want to document, things are better
 
 
Working too much
- I don't work a lot anymore
 
Sleep¶
Perfectionism
  
    
      Last update:
      2023-04-24