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Seeking social support, deflating the situation with humour, better planning our workload, accepting our emotional and psychological struggle, focusing on solving the problem, and positively reinterpreting our challenges are all constructive coping mechanisms. On the other hand, drowning our emotions in alcohol, disengaging, venting, and denying th... See more
Ness Labs • The Three Types of Burnout and How to Cope With Them - Ness Labs
Social supportReligionHumourSubstance usePlanningBehavioural disengagementVenting of emotionsAcceptanceDenialRestraintFocus on solving situationsPersonal growthPositive reinterpretationDistracting activitiesCognitive avoidance
Ness Labs • The Three Types of Burnout and How to Cope With Them - Ness Labs
Coping with burnout
Ness Labs • The Three Types of Burnout and How to Cope With Them - Ness Labs
Whatever your profile is, burnout is not necessarily just an individual experience. It can be shared, and even become contagious.
Ness Labs • The Three Types of Burnout and How to Cope With Them - Ness Labs
The worn-out worker. You are mentally, emotionally, and physically exhausted. When things at work don’t turn out as well as they should, you stop trying. As a result, you become passive and unmotivated.
Ness Labs • The Three Types of Burnout and How to Cope With Them - Ness Labs
The under-challenged worker. You can see this type of burnout as the opposite of the first one. You feel like your work doesn’t offer you opportunities to develop your abilities: “The under-challenged type has to cope with monotonous and unstimulating conditions that fail to provide satisfaction and feels indifference, boredom and lack of personal ... See more
Ness Labs • The Three Types of Burnout and How to Cope With Them - Ness Labs
The frenetic worker. You keep on frantically working despite feeling overwhelmed and overloaded with work, overlooking your own needs in order to fulfil your work demands. In the words of the researchers: “The frenetic burnout type works increasingly harder, to the point of exhaustion, in search of success, and presents involvement, ambition and ov... See more
Ness Labs • The Three Types of Burnout and How to Cope With Them - Ness Labs
Your burnout profile
Ness Labs • The Three Types of Burnout and How to Cope With Them - Ness Labs
While the dimensions of exhaustion, cynicism and inefficiency give us a good idea of all the ways burnout can affect us, they don’t address why some people are affected differently. Why is it that two people in a similar role, with similar team support, and similar levels of pressure react differently to burnout?
Ness Labs • The Three Types of Burnout and How to Cope With Them - Ness Labs
Burnout has been traditionally defined as a combination of exhaustion, cynicism, and inefficiency. When we are burned out, we don’t have the emotional energy to invest ourselves into work, we distance ourselves from colleagues and customers, and we may feel incompetent as a result.