- Physical symptoms: Headaches, back pain, stomachaches, dizziness, fainting, or heart palpitations
- Changes in sleep and appetite: Disrupted sleep, loss of appetite, or emotional eating
- Mental health: Feeling drained, helpless, or like a failure
- Reduced enjoyment: Lacking enjoyment in life, or feeling dread
- Negative attitude: Having a negative or critical attitude towards yourself or others
- Emotional withdrawal: Feeling detached from reality or withdrawing from others
- Difficulty concentrating: Having trouble focusing or getting things done
- Overwhelmed: Feeling overwhelmed by even small requests
- Increased irritability: Having disproportionate outbursts when someone makes a small request
- Frequent illness, Feeling removed from your work, losing patience with others, Doubting your skills
- using substances to feel better
What are the signs and symptoms of career burnout?
- Individuals who are burnt out from work might feel drained and tired most of the time. This may even be accompanied by physical symptoms – they may have back aches and headaches, and may lose their appetite.
- Their sleep might be disrupted and they may start to withdraw from others. They may have difficulty getting things done and may even feel like calling in sick to work more often than they should.
- Their confidence may be affected, and they may feel like a failure. This is in addition to feelings of helplessness – like there is no way out of their situation.
- Feelings of helplessness might be amplified when someone is burnt out. Sometimes they are even unclear about expectations at work, feeling that their work tasks are demanding and overwhelming.
