{"id":261472,"date":"2020-10-08T16:19:41","date_gmt":"2020-10-08T15:19:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/welovesalt.com\/be\/?p=261472"},"modified":"2021-02-24T18:59:32","modified_gmt":"2021-02-24T17:59:32","slug":"what-is-burnout","status":"archive","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/welovesalt.com\/be\/news\/candidate-advice\/what-is-burnout","title":{"rendered":"What is burnout?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Saturday 10<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;October marks World Mental Health Day.&nbsp;Looking after your mental health is always important but this year, we\u2019ve all faced unprecedented and challenging times in some way or another. Research by mental health charity <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mind.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mind<\/a> found that 60% of adults and 68% of young people claimed that their mental health worsened during the lockdown.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From lockdown, to furlough, to job losses, worrying about your job and the job search process \u2013 we\u2019ve all found ourselves under pressure&nbsp;and stresses that can have an effect on your mental health.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Something that people need&nbsp;to be aware of is burnout&nbsp;which is affecting more people in 2020.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><span style=\"color: #00add8\">What is burnout?&nbsp;<\/span><\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The term \u2018burnout\u2019 relates to a state of emotional, physical and mental exhaustion&nbsp;which is caused by excessive and prolonged work-related stress.&nbsp;It occurs when you feel overwhelmed, emotionally drained, and unable to meet constant demands.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><span style=\"color: #00add8\">What are the 5 signs of burnout?<\/span><\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>You have little to no motivation&nbsp;<\/li><li>You feel exhausted and drained the majority of the time&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li><li>You feel like you\u2019re constantly on and always thinking or doing something&nbsp;<\/li><li>Suffering from headaches or stomach aches&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li><li>You\u2019ve noticed that your work isn\u2019t to the standard it used to be&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>These are just some of the signs of burnout but it\u2019s important you take time to see if you\u2019re struggling with any of these and take steps to make yourself feel better. Burnout can have a considerable impact on your mental health where you could find you\u2019re feeling more anxious or depressed.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><span style=\"color: #00add8\">What to do:&nbsp;<\/span><\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><span style=\"color: #00add8\">Take some time off&nbsp;<\/span><\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>We are very aware that&nbsp;some&nbsp;people&nbsp;feel they&nbsp;are in fight mode for their jobs but you can\u2019t be the best at your job if you\u2019re exhausted and haven\u2019t&nbsp;taken a proper holiday since pre-COVID. Book&nbsp;some time&nbsp;off and&nbsp;spend the day&nbsp;doing&nbsp;something that makes you happy. The majority of managers will want you to be happy and focused,&nbsp;rather than drained.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Even if you\u2019re currently unemployed, you\u2019re probably chaining yourself to your desk and applying to jobs all the&nbsp;time,&nbsp;but you need to let yourself have a day off too. Job searching&nbsp;can be&nbsp;disheartening and can leave you feeling deflated and drained. Take some time away from applying to jobs and focus on&nbsp;simple&nbsp;things you like doing,&nbsp;such as seeing family or friends, reading&nbsp;or&nbsp;going&nbsp;for walks, so you get that time and space away from applying to jobs.&nbsp;You\u2019ll come back to your laptop with a fresh head and who knows what creative ideas may&nbsp;have&nbsp;sparked!&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><span style=\"color: #00add8\">Be honest about your workload&nbsp;<\/span><\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Similar to our first point, there is uncertainty surrounding everyone at the moment and if you are still working, there\u2019s every chance you\u2019re taking on every project and task to prove to your manager that you\u2019re needed and valuable.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, if you\u2019re feeling stressed and overwhelmed about your to-do list, struggling to fit everything in and barely leaving your desk \u2013 you need to have an <a href=\"https:\/\/welovesalt.com\/news\/2019\/11\/how-to-talk-about-your-mental-health-with-your-boss\/\">honest conversation with your manager or HR team.<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><span style=\"color: #00add8\">Disconnect&nbsp;<\/span><\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>There are a lot of benefits to being in a digital&nbsp;world,&nbsp;but one&nbsp;disadvantage&nbsp;is that we are always switched on \u2013 to news, to status updates, to emails. Our brains are not conditioned to process all of that information. Scrolling or never putting your phone away can trigger negative emotions&nbsp;and heighten that \u2018always on\u2019 feeling, typical of burnout.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Start with small steps such as putting&nbsp;your phone away for a certain&nbsp;amount of time&nbsp;in the evening and don\u2019t look at your phone&nbsp;as soon as you wake up, have your coffee first! You\u2019ll&nbsp;find by&nbsp;being disconnected from the noise on your phone, you\u2019ll start to&nbsp;feel calmer and clearer and focused on yourself.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><span style=\"color: #00add8\">Write a list of things that make you happy&#8230;<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>They don\u2019t have to cost you anything and it could be something that you may think sounds silly, but&nbsp;make sure that you do one of those things&nbsp;every day. It\u2019s good to have a list of fail-safe things that improve your mood so you can turn to them when needed.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Visit Mind\u2019s website for more resources on handling your mental health at home and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mind.org.uk\/workplace\/mental-health-at-work\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">in the workplace.<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saturday 10th&nbsp;October marks World Mental Health Day.&nbsp;Looking after your mental health is always important but this year, we\u2019ve all faced unprecedented and challenging times in some way or another. Research by mental health charity Mind found that 60% of adults and 68% of young people claimed that their mental health worsened during the lockdown.&nbsp;&nbsp; From&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54,"featured_media":261477,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5603,6673],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-261472","post","type-post","status-archive","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-candidate-advice","category-mental-health"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/welovesalt.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261472","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/welovesalt.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/welovesalt.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/welovesalt.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/54"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/welovesalt.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=261472"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/welovesalt.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261472\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/welovesalt.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/261477"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/welovesalt.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=261472"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/welovesalt.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=261472"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/welovesalt.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=261472"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}