72 Tips Mastering Burnout: Comprehensive Guide to Recognizing, Preventing, and Recovering from Work Stress

72 Tips Mastering Burnout: Comprehensive Guide to Recognizing, Preventing, and Recovering from Work Stress

How To Avoid Getting Burnout Because Of Work Pressure

How To Recover From Burnout When You Have To Keep Working

How To Keep Work Stress From Taking Over & Ruining Your Life

Job Burnout: How To Spot It And Take Remedial Actions

Feeling Burned Out At Work - Find Out What You Can Do When Your Job Affects Your Health.

In this article, you will learn the following

-Exploitation of Employees by Employers

-How All of Us is moving towards a possible burnout case

-39 Most Common Symptoms of Burnout

-24 Possible Causes of Burnout - People may get burned out for multiple factors

-72 Tips On How To Recover From Burnout - Strategies To Manage Work-Related Stress

The current job scenario in India has come to such a pass -where even IITians from the original 5 IITs - are either not getting placement OR getting placed at previously unheard-of lowest salary packages say of 4-LPA [4800 USD/Year] on cost to company basis.

You can imagine the plight of more than 1.5 million engineering graduates from say tier two/three/four-level colleges.

This statistic is just for one of the professional courses – can you imagine the predicament of BA/BCom/BSc, MA/MCom/MSc, and PhDs from the run-of-the-mill colleges and universities?

The latest was thousands of Postgraduates who applied for the sweeper position and were being paid the minimum wages of INR @500/day – USD 6/- [ or USD 180/month].

This sets the field open for exploitation by the employers big time – which they do without any remorse AND these employers ALSO HAVE THE CHEEK TO TELL their employees TO WORK FOR 70-90 hours a week.

Unfortunately, there is no recourse for the white-collared employees – as there is no rule forum or platform to address their exploitation.

The blue-collar workforce has been exploited in every possible way since you can remember – but they have some forum in the form of unions and the labor courts.

Experiencing work strain is unavoidable — even if you love what you do -Some stress and tension will always be there in most of the jobs.

But when work stress becomes chronic and too pressurizing – it can kill your physical, mental, emotional, relationships, financial & social - well-being.

The situation is such that every employee will have to accept & EXPECT - their being taken for a ride by their employers as part of their job highlight – at least in India.

Work-life balance is a myth – because most of the MNCs and Indian organizations are ruthless – they don't care because – the supply is so huge, and the demand is so low – that if one employee gets burned out there are thousands who are waiting to replace him/her [in fact even if hundreds leave, they will be replaced almost instantly.

We have a very-very recent case of the death of one female employee in one of the Big4s in India.

Read my blog – "Brutal Truth About Work-Life Balance in Indian Corporates Find Organizations With Positive Work Culture 32 Tips" - https://www.successunlimited-mantra.com/index.php/blog/brutal-truth-about-work-life-balance-in-indian-corporates-find-organizations-with-positive-work-culture-32-tips

Under these conditions - Burnout is a real possibility.

Almost all the employees are in some degree of stress but as many as half could be on their way to getting burned-out.

This article is about how to recognize the signs of burnout in yourself and take remedial steps immediately to regain your mental-emotional-physical equilibrium.

If you delay acting – you may get permanent psychological damage which would ruin not only your life but also impact negatively on the lives of your most loved ones.

Burnout is classified as per the Medical Classification of Diseases – as a syndrome conceptualized as resulting from chronic workplace stress that has not been successfully managed

Burnout fatigue can be so severe that it may disrupt, disturb, and damage your life sometimes irrevocably.

PLEASE UNDERSTAND - No one can come out of burnout – simply by taking a break or vacation.

Burnout is like dehydration – if it happens – you need some serious actions described in this article to recover OR MAY NEED EXPERT MEDICAL TREATMENT.

Burnout is a silent killer – it may start with your being highly enthusiastic when you join say Global-MNC – but soon you may find your initial euphoria evaporating with the increase in working hours, job-responsibilities.

Then slowly your experience would get transformed into chronic fatigue and depletion of life-energies, motivation, and fun.

Then you may start functioning like a robot – unless your body, soul, and mind crash before that.

After the above stage, it would be only the treatment stage as you would not be able to function – as by this time Chronic Burnout would have set in.

Who gets the Burnout – anyone – from Employees of MNCs to Housewives, Caregivers to seriously ill loved ones to Students, OR – anyone who MUST deliver [but does not have adequate resources, support, or expertise].

39 Most Common Symptoms of Burnout

1. You dread going to the office – your Sundays are fear-filled as you keep thinking about Monday and the work
2. You do just the bare minimum instead of doing your very best – which is being noticed
3. You have started having conspiracy theories and imagine that everyone is against you and is out to get you
4. You start looking for ulterior motives in – what others said or did
5. You want to get out of this job BUT can't find anything neither you have any idea on how to get out of this impossible situation
6. You are unable to identify the type of company or job you want to shift to
7. Your performance has question marks – you take a longer time to deliver low-quality output
8. You jump into doing – without planning – and you are rushing from one task to another – sometimes a few remaining pending
9. Lower productivity -Self-doubt and low self-esteem - Feelings of loneliness and detachment
10. Feeling constantly exhausted and fatigued - You lack the energy to Your job well
11. You find it difficult to make decisions
12. Your productivity and quality of work done gets noticeably reduced
13. You feel - sad, angry, irritable – most of the time
14. You have acquired Don't care attitude for almost everything
15. You have started using alcohol or other substances.
16. You might have been diagnosed as having heart issues OR any of the stress-induced illnesses
17. You might Get heart disease, high blood pressure, or type 2 diabetes.
18. You are sick – frequently without any reason
19. You start questioning - the value of your work and why you are working
20. You drag yourself to work
21. You have trouble getting started
22. You may not be able to focus on crucial issues – both in work as well as in your personal life
23. You get irritated and frustrated too easily
24. You lose self-control on little or no provocation
25. You feel disconnected from your work and the people you work with – this may also seep into your close relationships
26. You lose patience with your - co-workers, customers or clients
27. You don't get any satisfaction from your work
28. You start doubting your skills and abilities
29. You may start experiencing the following physical symptoms with no known cause
I. Low-energy
II. Chronic fatigue
III. Headaches
IV. Insomnia
V. Changes in appetite & Digestive issues
VI. Rapid heart rate
VII. Low self-esteem, self-worth, self-pride, etc.
VIII. Loss of sex drive
IX. Frequent illnesses for no apparent reasons
X. No motivation

24 Possible Causes of Burnout - People may get burned out for multiple factors – given below are only indicative Examples -as there could be complications from a combination of several factors or additional ones

1. You are expected to do your job – but do not have any training, coaching, mentoring, OR any support BUT Deliver You MUST
2. There is no clarity about what's expected of you
3. You only get to hear negative feedback BUT no clarity is given – you are never sure what your boss or others want from you
4. You don't have any say in how to do your job – like managing your schedule, assignments or workload
5. YOU must work as per the diktat of seniors who are whimsical at the best
6. You have a toxic boss – you take sadistic pleasure in harassing you
7. The organizational culture is about – politics, bootlicking, blame-game, and saving your ass
8. You are being micromanaged in very-very disempowering ways
9. You might be disliked and envied by your colleagues BECAUSE of your superior talent, knowledge, intelligence & smartness – they try to pull you down whenever they can
10. You feel left alone – as others look at you as if you are a misfit
11. Your boss has surrounded himself/herself with Yes-Sir/Ma'am – people – and these are the people who don't have the requisite talent to do their job or even any reason to be in this organization
12. You are doing work that is below your capabilities, intelligence, and aspirations
13. Your job is so routine and mundane – that even after years of working you have not learned anything new
14. You have Too much to do and you are not able to keep up with the demands from various sources
15. There are no lean phases in your work – you are in peak session for almost all of 12 months
16. You are encouraged not to take leave
17. Your work takes up so much of your time and energy that you have nothing left for family and friends
18. You have an impossibly heavy workload and very long working hours – like 12-14 hours every day
19. You are also being sexually exploited
20. Additionally, you have financial stress and/or caregiving responsibilities
21. You lack supportive relationships
22. You are a perfectionist
23. You have a fear of failure which also forces you to push yourself excessively
24. Exposure to traumatic experiences during your work – like healthcare workers, police officers, and emergency responders – experience
25. You lack the skills, qualifications, and experience – to get any other job – so you keep working even though it is broken you own in every way possible

72 Tips On How To Recover From Burnout - Strategies to Manage Your Work-Related Stress -  You will find detailed Do-It-Yourself articles on each of Following Points [unless that point is actionable as it is] – among my 900+ Articles on my two websites & in 2000+ answers in my Quora Page

1. Understand that Burnout is not your fault – but it is your responsibility to break out of this as only you can do something about it
2. First you need to identify – if it is all your imagination that is running wild to make you think that you absolutely need to quit
3. It may not about the job – which is easier to fix BUT about finding what uses your strengths and potential
4. Find the source - Burnout often relates to job and professional triggers BUT can happen to a housewife, a student, a caregiver OR while dealing with relationship problems, especially ones that seem to circle with no resolution
5. Ask yourself whether – it the type of tasks and role you are doing that is the real issue – then you may need to find a way to make the monotonous and routine – inspiring and challenging
6. Ask yourself why you are panicking – can it be case of working on yourself to help you develop and acquiring qualities & skills to manage your responsibilities and people better
7. Identify the advantages and benefits of working and working in this organization emphasizing the positive
8. Also identify what are the negative impact it is creating in your life
9. Then compare the pros and cons – once you feel that you need to work in this organization – you have to identify strategies to cope with pressure to avid burnout
10. Reassess your priorities and goals -Learn to let go of perfectionism
11. Focus on continuous improvement – in your tools and strategies of managing your responsibilities and work pressure
12. Become aware of how work stress is affecting you personally, professionally, emotionally, financially, mentally and emotionally as well as socially and relationship-wise
13. Identify multiple ways you can recharge and rejuvenate yourself.
14. Ensure that you are effective to complete your deliverables within work hours – it may need you to master many tools & techniques as well as acquire skills & expertise of different nature
15. Learn to deal with in healthy manner your negative thoughts
16. Ensure to not be a part of gossip club
17. Determine your true comfort level - Ask yourself -What would an ideal job or role look like – which may make you feel come alive
18. Look at your options -Talk to your boss about your concerns. Maybe you can work together to make changes or solve problems.
19. Set realistic goals for what must get done -Find out what can wait.
20. If things at work are not likely to change, you might look for a job that would be a better fit for you.
21. Ask yourself if there are any possibilities of your getting a more high-profile project – which would it make you feel motivated and inspired
22. If it is non-stop work that is putting you under the pressure - Stop working for 15 minutes, and do something completely out of your character fun-giving [of-course it has to be something that is only with yourself]
23. Identify if you are being given responsibilities and demands beyond the scope of your role – then you need to set and enforce an empowering and legitimate boundary – of what you will and what you would not be able to
24. Create clear distinction between work and personal life by setting specific work hours and disconnecting after work
25. If you work longer hours – then it is especially important that you Take short breaks to step away from your desk and recharge,
26. You need to become master in Prioritizing – use the urgent-important matrix and focus on what is important and urgent [initially it will be a stretch BUT later it will ease your pressure
27. Do goal and expectation adjustments – by setting realistic goals for what needs to get done, and find out what can wait
28. Become assertive and speak with your manager frankly and openly - about your workload, concerns, and the adjustments needed to manage your stress-levels
29. Find ways to – delegate, eliminate or simplify – what is not important
30. Learn and practice stress management techniques – find what works for you by experimenting with various tools & techniques given in my many blogs relevant to this
31. Learn and practice the skills of how deal with difficult situations & difficult people - find what works for you by experimenting with various tools & techniques given in my many blogs relevant to this
32. Learn and practice the effective ways to manage your disempowering and uncomfortable feelings and emotions – find what works for you by experimenting with various tools & techniques given in my many blogs relevant to this
33. Pay attention to an order f self-care that promotes your mental and physical wellbeing
34. Schedule exercise, meditation, relaxing techniques, healthy eating, and sufficient sleep – on everyday basis
35. Never trade your vacation for doing extra jobs – you can shift the time of vacation
36. Create a strong and supportive network with colleagues and friends who can offer emotional support when needed
37. Don't feel bad about seeking professional help – it will give many different tools and also different perspective
38. Learn about doing self-CBT – the cognitive behavior therapy yourself – read my article on this
39. Identify your triggers and stressors – find how you can Deal with those effectively & also find ways to Eliminate it completely
40. Avoid the triggers by meaningful distraction - Pay attention to people, incidents, or situations that consistently trigger stress
41. Understand that the quality of your after-work activities is more important to recover from burnt-out
42.Spend time unwinding and looking after yourself to help you reduce the chance of burnout.
43. Listen to soft soothing music, read a good book
44. Learn to take micro-breaks
45. Find few channels to vent your frustrations in healthy and empowering manner with someone you feel safe and comfortable
46. Seeking professional help is essential if burnout symptoms worsen or after you've tried the measures at your disposal. Take advantage of counseling and other support programs offered through employee assistance programs.
47. Create a Pre-Work Ritual -Get Clear on Your Expectations for the Day -Plan to Stay Organized
48. Find ways how you can either Avoid or Reduce Conflict With your Colleagues
49. Divide work into small-small chunks
50. STOP Multitasking – focus on one thing and focus on creating excellence to make feel proud
51. If possible, take a short 15–20-minute power-nap Or Walk at Lunch
52. Identify few ways you can Reward Yourself for finishing an important task or reaching a milestone
53. Learn to Recognize and respond to the signs of stress  from your portfolio of stress management tools
54. If possible --use a workload management tool – learn to make gradual changes
55. Prioritize good sleep -Make time for fun - Stay connected with loved ones Focus on nutrition and stay hydrated
56. Exiimine your Options - Identify immediate changes and actions that you can take – implement a few of them to lighten your load right away
57. Seek support from a mentor - Talk with people you trust 
58. Find different ways of taking back control of your life - Burnout can make you feel powerless
59. If your burnout is because of other's unreasonable demands - Take a moment to walk through everything that will be required of you if you agree
60. Before you agree to help someone -Ask yourself if you really have the time and energy -Consider whether doing it offers value to you.
61. Master the art of assertiveness - Part of boundary setting also involves learning to say no62. Pay attention to your needs - as well as of your loved ones Because your job stress is also killing them slowly. Please remember what makes you happy 
63. Acknowledge and accept that you are burned out
64. Find whys of the importance of your mental-emotional-physical health and wellbeing- Re-evaluate your goals and values
65. Explore alternative paths and opportunities -Alert your support system - Tell people what you need -Monitor your stress levels -try different stress-management techniques
66. Track your stress levels -Admit the problem - Focus on your well-being -learn how to recover from burnout and get back on track
67. Find ways to dissociate and Detach from few stressors beyond your area of control
68. Learn to Speak up for yourself - Rethink what stress means and how you respond to it -Tune into your emotions rather than avoiding them -reconnect with meaning and purpose
69. Use burnout to spark growth and change Ask yourself
I. What this burnout is telling you about your situation
II. What are your most important values and priorities
III. What changes – big and small – might help you get to a better place in your life?
70. Acquire, customize, Develop and apply your very own healthy coping strategies
71. Set realistic expectations -Celebrate small victories -Take a long-term perspective - Find purpose in your work
72. Read my article for additional Tips on – How To Get Motivation To Beat Burnout, Stress, Depression -https://www.successunlimited-mantra.com/index.php/blog/get-motivation-to-beat-burnout-stress-depression - In this article you will learn
I.What is motivation
II.3 major External 11 Internal stimulants of motivation
III.42 causes of demotivation
IV.Why burnout happens - Symptoms of burnout
V.6 Physical symptoms of burnout
VI.8 Mental symptoms of burnout
VII.27 Emotional symptoms of burnout
VIII.6 Behavioral symptom of burnout - these behaviors can be observed by others
IX.15 Work and professional symptoms of burnout

X.64 tips on what to do to generate motivation

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