The burned-out employee feels stagnated in work and often in personal life as well. Caring becomes apathy, involvement produces distancing, openness turns into self-protectiveness and trust drifts toward suspicion. There is the feeling that no matter how hard the person tries to change the situation, he or she cannot. The burned-out worker may not even have the energy to reverse the process. In this environment, major life changes such as divorce, abandonment of relationships, job loss can occur.
Inner strength is needed to battle burn-out, and yet, that is often lacking.
The burned-out person may need to seek outside, perhaps professional assistance to reverse the downward spiral. Preventive care in the form of stress reduction is the best approach to the treatment of burn-out. Stress and burn-out take a toll on body and spirit. Pick up where you leave off with an e-mail bookmark of this page. Baby Shower 5.