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Susan would complain that the present, the life she was living moment to moment, felt unreal to her. Only the future really mattered, for that was where her ideal life resided. “If I just wait a little longer”, she would remark in a tone of wry despondency, “there’ll be this magically transformative event and everything will come right.”
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... See moreThe psychologist Christina Maslach, a foundational figure in burnout research—the Maslach Burnout Inventory is the standard burnout assessment—sees burnout as having three components: exhaustion; cynicism or depersonalization (detectable in doctors, for example, who see their patients as “problems” to be solved, rather than people to be treated);... See more
The Baffler • The New Neurasthenia
These passion job organizations are burnout factories. Every year, a new crop of eager recruits comes in, grateful to have landed a job doing work “they love” — and every year, a significant percentage of the existing workforce churns out. Some have been there that single year, others for five. They leave not because they’re not good “fits” for the... See more
Anne Helen Petersen • When Your Profession is On Fire
Which of these stages have you experienced before or are you currently in? Comment below👇
The term ‘burnout’ was first mentioned by psychologist Herbert Freudenberger. He called burnout 'the result of extreme stress and having strong ideals/goals’. But actually there is still debate on the exact definition of what a... See more
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What are the ‘givens’ which keep me in this situation? Is this stressful person who I call a friend really a friend? Can I reduce the stress which this place causes