Burnout: To Treat or Tolerate?
Work-related stress and its consequences
The first Apple personal computer appeared 20 years ago. And it took humanity into a new world. A machine flies into space, a female android gains citizenship, social networks help win presidential elections. The most valuable quality of a person is speed. The speed of action, the speed of learning, the speed of life. Whoever falls behind in the marathon remains on the social sidelines. Technology has a particularly strong impact on the labor market and business environment. The situation is as follows: success stories are in trend, work is a cult, there is no time to rest.
As early as 2000, the Institute and Outpatient Clinic of Occupational, Social and Environmental Medicine at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg in Germany published an article titled "Burnout: A Disease of Modern Society?". 18 years have passed and this headline can be safely written without an interrogative intonation. Burnout is one of the most common mental disorders among the adult working population of European countries.
What is burnout and how to diagnose it?
A person who experiences chronic stress, most often at work, and does not cope with it, is likely to develop burnout.
Symptoms of burnout: exhaustion, apathy, sleep disturbances, depersonalization, dissatisfaction with oneself and one's work.
If you have started to stay late at work often, wake up reluctantly in the morning, postpone work until the deadline, and at the same time feel physical fatigue, do not ignore the body's signals.
Burnout is not only associated with the emotional side of health. The Swiss clinic CALDA claims that burnout syndrome is observed in patients with adrenal dysfunction.
Burnout: To treat or tolerate?
Like any mental disorder, burnout should not be ignored. At the very least, burnout significantly reduces the quality of life. The feeling of constant physical and moral fatigue drives a person into a trap between a series of gray working days and a bed. Losing a job is not the only unpleasant consequence of burnout. Sleep disturbances and physical exhaustion lead to serious health problems.
How to treat chronic fatigue syndrome?
The first thing to do when you notice the symptoms of burnout is to stop and give yourself time to rest.
Seek help from a qualified professional. A therapist will help you cope with the consequences of burnout and prevent relapses.
Psychotherapist and psychoanalyst Claudia Elsig, CEO of the CALDA clinic has been helping patients with various mental disorders regain freedom and control over their own lives for 20 years.
During the treatment of burnout, it is important to learn to protect yourself and set personal boundaries, Dr. Elsig believes.
In addition to working with the patient's psychological state, CALDA pays close attention to the biochemical balance of the body. With burnout, therapy at the clinic is also aimed at regenerating the adrenal glands.
By following all the doctor's recommendations, you will quickly regain your energy and joy of life.