Healing from overwork and burnout
Symptoms of overwork and burnout manifest as physical, psychological or behavioural symptoms.
Research shows that burnout therapy possible. Curing overwork and burnout in psychotherapy benefits your health. Together with your psychologist, discover how your stress is linked to your history and environment.
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Have you been suffering from burnout for a long time? At home and/or at work? Is your head always full? Do you have eating or sleeping problems?
“Overworked persons tend to smoke more, use alcohol, medication and drugs. They sleep and exercise less, eat unhealthily. They often exhibit physical complaints. The psychotherapist relieves you of your stress.“
-Jan Schrans
Overwork: symptoms
- Mentally and physically exhausted.
- Enjoying nice things and beautiful moments less and less.
- Swift irritated and frustrated.
- Being frequently annoyed by your surroundings.
- Others find you awkward and unreachable.
Is that overworked a permanent form of stress?
Overwork: test
Overworked? Any change can cause stress and overworked cause. Seemingly innocuous everyday worries are the most common causes of stress.
The most common causes of stress and overwork:
Family:
- death of a relative
- problems with raising children
- pregnancy
- sexual problems
- cheating
- mistreatment or abuse
- communication problems
Work:
- job loss and long-term unemployment
- promotion perils
- difficult colleague or demanding boss
- restructurings
- no or little support or recognition,
- fear of job loss
- fear of failure and perfectionism
Other problems:
- Financial problems
- Moving
- Exams
- Perfectionism
- Too many responsibilities at too young an age
- Unable to stand up for themselves
Old traumas that continue to exert an influence
Chronic overstrain on your body: a puzzle
Figuring out whether psychological stress can lead to physical symptoms is often puzzling. Complaints include chronic back pain, diabetes, appendicitis, upper respiratory tract infections. Common are arthritis, herpes, cancer, gastrointestinal disorders. And infectious diseases, cardiovascular problems, permanent fatigue, eating and sleeping problems. A medical cause should be ruled out.
At Burnout is affecting your body's immune system.
How does stress impact your state of mind?
Prolonged exposure to uncontrollable events can lead to apathy, inactivity. It can also be due to a loss of motivation. And agitation, insecurity, lower self-confidence.
Being irritable, irritable, Gloomy moods, crying fits, brooding, anxiety. Having less fun, being lethargic and lifeless, indecisiveness, loss of concentration, forgetfulness. Performing less and making more mistakes, increasing smoking, alcohol or drug use. Increased use of sleeping and sedatives, less socialising.
Stress threatens one's well-being and health. Sometimes it results in a depression.
Recovery from overwork and stress
Curing burnout
Suppressing unwanted thoughts and feelings backfires on your overworkedness. Those thoughts and feelings crop up again and again, adding to your stress.
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