Hey everyone and welcome to psycho tips today we're going to learn about ten signs that you are emotionally burnt-out now let's begin.

What does it mean to feel burnt out well generally you'd say you're burnt out after a long day of work or after studying for your final exams, but emotional burnout isn't just a phrase people throw around when they're tired it's a real psychological syndrome a few decades ago a group of psychologists published a book that not only defined burnout but also taught people how to recognize the signs if someone is experiencing burnout they're almost always facing a combination of these three things:
  • Emotional Exhaustion
  • Depersonalization
  • Reduced Personal Accomplishment
In other words, they have trouble giving a hundred per cent at work or in their relationships they start acting like a different person, and they struggle with motivation and self-perception as you can see it's more than just feeling tired this condition can cause damage to your mental and your physical health if you're not careful obviously in the workplace burnout is detrimental to confidence and productivity that's the biggest reason why people started taking emotional exhaustion seriously this psychological syndrome prevents people from doing their jobs and handling their responsibilities this new attention led to a significant increase in studies conducted on emotional burnout thanks to that research psychologists have identified many reliable indicators of emotional burnout they even put together a 22 item scale which has been used by researchers around the world.

These studies also revealed that many people demonstrate the symptoms of burnout without realizing that there's anything wrong when left unattended these symptoms can worsen until they start negatively impacting your choices your relationships and your lifestyle so to help you get ahead of your symptoms here are ten signs that  you may be emotionally burnout.


Number One Patients :

If you're feeling overworked and exhausted patience is usually the first thing to go patience is your ability to tolerate inconvenient annoying or confusing stuff without getting upset.

Now usually when something goes wrong, it isn't that hard to stay calm and try again but what happens when you have zero patience well let's say you're writing up a few pages for work you just spent the last half hour grinding away when suddenly your computer crashes, and you realize you didn't save any of it you try desperately to recover what you lost but you're going to have to start over this will always be frustrating no matter what mental state you're in.

When your patience is abnormally low, it isn't just frustrating it's utterly heartbreaking you might feel angry you might feel sad or even hopeless it might feel impossible to get back to where you were
also if you only lost a half-hour of work if every inconvenient thing seems like a huge roadblock in your life well you may be experiencing emotional burnout


Number Two Unusual Forgetfulness

Burnout has a significant impact on the attention it creates significant fogginess which diminishes both your concentration and your attention span you'll notice having trouble staying focused on your work and during conversations to make matters worse you're especially prone to joint distractors like TV and social media, and that's because you're exhausted brain is searching for ways to relax and just zone out since you aren't paying as much attention you might have trouble remembering details.

You'll make clumsy mistakes simply because your mind isn't nearly as sharp as it usually is your work becomes sloppy and absent-minded

even if most days you're incredibly productive in the workplace employers often mistake this decrease in performance for carelessness, but that's not actually what's happening if your focus is uncharacteristically low it may be time to give your mind a break.



Number Three Persistent Hopelessness

Do you feel like everything you do seems pointless people experiencing burnout may lose sight of the purpose behind the things that they do and not just their work but their habits their routines and relationships

too when you're consistently exhausted long-term gratification is an incredibly challenging idea to wrap your head around you don't spend as much time maintaining self-discipline your goals start to slip, and your dreams feel further and further away if everything you do feels hopeless burnout is something you should seriously consider.


Number Four Short-Fuse

Sudden bursts of anger are often a direct product of emotional burnout because it lessens patients and heightens negative emotions your temper tends to get shorter you might notice yourself yelling and screaming over things that would never usually bother you that's because you're holding in all this pent-up anger.
 
Unfortunately, that anger often gets displaced on friends and family it can have a detrimental effect on your relationships, but it doesn't have to by reducing the amount of stress in your life you can relieve burnouts and keep your anger under control


Number Five Lack of Organization 

You might recognize burnout in the way you organize your life when you're feeling productive it's rewarding to keep your life in order you feel on top of your work, and you know how to manage your time, but emotional burnout takes away that sense of control your responsibilities start to pile up you get so overwhelmed that you either forget or you just don't feel motivated to stay organized something as a messy room can be a symptom of burnout but only if it's out of the ordinary if you almost always keep your room clean then suddenly stop caring what it looks like well, there's something wrong don't just roll your eyes and pretend like it's no big deal organizational changes even the small ones can signal that you're emotionally exhausted.


Number Six Unexplained Headaches

Sometimes burnout appears through physical symptoms unexplained headaches are one of the most common.

People will take an aspirin and get on with their day, but you should listen to your body if you're experiencing pain it means your body is trying to tell you something high levels of emotional stress can make you susceptible to both tension headaches, and migraines, when you're stressed out your heart rate, increase your muscles begin to tense up, all of these reactions take a toll on your body and your brain this inevitably leads to inflammation and pain.

First, these stress headaches may only last a few minutes but they can become chronic over time so try to identify this physical symptom as early as you can.


Number Seven Dramatic Mood Shifts

Burnout can make your emotions reliable and volatile your brain may be stressed out so often that it begins overreacting to everything the tiniest trigger can make you jump from one emotional extreme to the next if you're experiencing these strange mood shifts well it may mean you're overwhelmed at work or home something in your life may be creating a vast amount of tension and pressure unfortunately if you continue to ignore it this symptom can evolve into more severe mood disorders like depression.

 
Number Eight Cognitive Execution

Attention isn't the only cognitive function that suffers during burnout
you might notice you can't perform as well as you did before your work takes longer you get confused by simple problems and you aren't as creative as you used to be hey don't worry you're not somehow worse at your job emotional burnout triggers significant deficits and several executive functions the most important ones planning problem-solving and information processing when you overuse your brain.

These normal functions require a lot more energy, and it only gets worse
when you factor in all the pressure of your demanding lifestyle so don't let your cognition decline any more than it has to recognize this symptom of emotional burnout and take steps to get yourself back on track


Number Nine Lopsided Responsibilities

The best way to avoid burnout is to strike a balance between work and your personal life it's essential to care about your job and be committed to your success, but not all the time it's just as critical that you explore personal passions and connect with friends and family individuals who live an unbalanced life usually because of an extremely demanding job are prone to emotional burnout doctors, and nurses, for example, have taxing schedules and an overwhelming number of responsibilities hey have very little time to focus on themselves because they're spending it all on other people that's why medicine has one of the highest rates of burnout of any field even if you're not a doctor or a nurse your job can still take over your life whenever you're struggling to make time for yourself the emotional burnout may be just around the corner