Burnout Is Now A Legitimate Diagnosis: Here Are The Symptoms And How To Treat It | TODAY 

I am so sick of people thinking burnout is just "being weak". Why go through life suffering and miserable, for what? Bragging rights to say how "tough" you are?

The problem is there are quite a few employers out there that don't care. They will work you until you break and just get someone else. Yes you can just quit but that is sometimes easier said than done.

And the myth that 3 days will heal months of damage...

Burnout is a sympton of incompetent managment being unable or unwilling to organise their workplace realistically, not a symptom of employee problems.

I'm a highschool student and I feel like adults don't always recognize student burnout. We are only allowed a few unexcused absences throughout the year. People will always talk about work place burnout, and although that's important too, it's also important to pay attention to the kids who are also having a hard time.

Here in Sweden we have special clinics for burnout, and the criteria is different than these three you describe here. It has to do with changes in the brain (this has been proven) where you experience memory loss, you can't concentrate at all, information just doesn't stick, you can forget where you live or where you are going sitting in the car driving the same road you do every day etc. It's scary stuff. The body simply "stops functioning" and you can't get out of bed or you pass out due to exhaustion. It's so much more serious than "you don't feel like going to work". Recovery, if you have a serious burnout, can take years. It doesn't need to include depression, but some people have that at the same time. This is a serious syndrome, if you really have burnout syndrome it wont matter how much you WANT to get back to work and life, it wont help with positive thinking or just a little rest. It's a serious, serious syndrome that needs to be taken very seriously. But it's positive that this gets more recognition in other countries as well. Many get diagnosed with depression, but that is a different thing.

Burnout doesn't happen just from a stressful work environment. Many people suffer burnout from caregiving or other situations. Many people experiencing burnout are overwhelmed in general in their lives. This pandemic worsened it because of the isolation and increased stress. That exhaustion that isn't relieved by sleep, feeling unmotivated and overwhelmed, depressed, disorganized. They are all part of burnout. And it can also make you physically I'll if it's bad enough. Everyone has a breaking point. We aren't machines and need time to rest our minds as well as our bodies to be healthy and happy. We need to talk to trained professionals who can give us good tools and coping strategies. Burnout doesn't just go away.

Remember one thing. You only have one life. Try to live it the best way you can.

I burned out years ago. I mean, I’m fine doing things at work, but at home I just can’t do hobbies, can’t watch movies, can’t finish books. I just in reactionary mode doing things that require immediate attention. Played some Minecraft. Watched some TikTok and RU-vid. How do I pick up my life?

Older generations didn't really burnout because the jobs they worked provided them a life. That was the whole point of this economy. Companies need workers, and we need a place to live and food to eat. When did it all go wrong?

3 days? What a joke. When you actually burn out even a month won't do it.

I’m going through this and have been for a long time. Management doesn’t care thats the problem.

i ACTUALLY BURNOUT while working in a company and doing my masters studies starting from the panic attacks, psychosis, and enentually end up living with my parents at home. Now, I just having panic and fear just from the thought of working or getting a job.

Establish financial independence so one can take breaks and tell bosses to pound sand when needed. We’re not slaves but sadly people put up with a lot because of the paycheck to paycheck living.

Burnout doesn’t only happen at work. Signed Single Mom

Another thing I think to be concern about is family issues,divorce,raising a child,your life,present and future. When you have a stressful job and a stressful personal life and all that blends on your mind,it can easily gets you on a burnout state.

*A very real thing for all of our nurses.*

Yep, I am counting down my 6 days till I am gone. I have worked in a doctor's office for many years and we are all way overworked, underpaid and not enough people to help. Patients suffer as well as employees and no one really seems to care so bye bye.

Ive been without work for 2 years This thing doesnt pass Not for me Whenever i think about jobs i think about suffering and then i think i never want that again

Not just about work. It can be your life circumstances such as caring giving or chronic illness/pain.

Like others have stated in the comment section, burnout intervention takes effort from both the employee and upper management. The problem is upper management has no concern for the well being of the worker and only cares about the company..🤷🏽‍♀️🤷🏽‍♀️.

I kept saying to my co-workers I was burnt out. It led to Bells Palsy, stress as the trigger from a latent viral infection. Thank goodness I got full mobility after 2 months. It was extremely painful and I had no idea how incredibly stressed out I was.

I definitely have this and I'm looking to work for myself every job js the same so you'll burnout where ever you go folks gotta start becoming they're own boss

literally every parent ever knows what burnout is. nice to see it's a legit diagnosis now

The people who say burnout isn't real haven't seen what real stress feels like what it feels to work constantly for 18 hours straight over coffee without sleep just because you had a deadline, Now imagine doing that for months, at some point you'll break and that's burnout.

Like how everybody said “noooooo” when she said check check and check..... there’s your issue right there

The pandemic has made it worse by adding stress, and taking away the little daily escapes the helped. Where I am, I can get out for a brief walk, but it used to be that going for lunch at the nearby food court at least got me out of the workplace for a little while. Now because of a near lockdown in my city, I can get takeout, but have to back to the office. Just one example.

"Management can give you time off, where they don't contact you" Yeah, right, I've been tied to a pager ( remember them?) and now a cell phone 24/7/365 for my entire career. Doc, remember residency and how it was when you were a resident? That's my life every day.

I work in IT and seriously burnt out..right now I'm the only IT and support 600 users and 50 -60 sites..

Burnout is not even just related to jobs though. This is so awesome that you guys are recognizing this. But I think that the term should be expanded to an actual thing in your overall life. Especially when it comes to mental health. I’ve suffered from these symptoms for the majority of my life. Thank you, THANK YOU SO MUCH for acknowledging these things. You have no idea how much it means to hear people finally realizing how important mental health is. But yeah, my only criticism would be that it is not just based on work exhaustion… But someone’s overall life, in general. Life has just become so… negative. Tough. Exhausting. Cynical. Hopeless. Insignificant… It’s no wonder why so many people are feeling so emotionally scarred.

Seems A LOT more common today.

I have horrible burnout please help. my family doesn’t understand and they make it worse

New normal - hand you a device eg laptop - a code for : you’re expected to work 50-60 hrs or be “on call “. Technology helps and hurts us . Many people looking for a balance

I think I’m burnt out with everything tbh ..school,art.i use to be so passionate but I have not desire for it and other hobbies .

I'm a high school senior right now and I'm taking some really hard classes at the moment. I'm also prepping for my ACT retake in December and I am working on applying for colleges. I absolutely haven't been sleeping enough and I've been feeling more anxious with all of this extra schoolwork my teachers deem necessary for their class. It's 2:46AM right now and I have been working all weekend with no end in sight. My planner is scary full. I also had to slash my hours at work in half because I don't have time for everything. My senior year has been ruined, society sucks, online school sucks, anxiety sucks and I just want to go live on a different planet with nobody else around me.

I would recommend talking to a therapist as well if having the above symptoms. Often times, people in this state will not admit to themselves they are struggling due to external and internal pressures, but will argue they need to be tough and a decision to do something about it, is taken late when they are forced to do it because of impaired health and possible severe long term consequences. I know a thing or two from my own experience.

My personal strategy is live far below what I can afford this way I can quit and get a different job, taking a pay cut if I have to. I refuse to sacrifice my mental & physical health for a bigger pay check.

The next step is for our society to make it acceptable at the workplace to take a sick day for mental health reasons without the employee being looked or talked upon as weak or too sensitive. I know some places do offer “mental health days” but it still feels inappropriate/risky to make use of them without being frowned upon. 😔

Burnout= Realizing You Worth❗️

Most managers don’t care or pick up on it. They are usually focused on their own issues and not trained to look at burnout.

I’ve been burnt out for years and now realizing

Been on my own since 19. Im 33 now. Worked sooo many jobs, feels like i've spent 90%of my life trying to find myself or my purpose..now im mentally exhasusted. Depressed...anxious...etc. my mind wanders at 1000 thoughts per second. I recently just kinda gave up and i really dont have any feelings about it. I have asked certain people for help but most dont see it..they just say "oh you can do it" you've been doing good for soooo long just keep going" they dont understand what lies beneath all of this..I NEED A BREAK! I will probably lose my car and my apartment soon bc i hqve zero energy or motivation or desire to fight...i just need a break!

Wow I just realised that I am in denial that it’s not a burn out. If I admit it I don’t know how to get back from it so it’s easy to say I am just tired.

Well, that's what I've been experiencing this past year. That has triggered depression and that brought its friend, anxiety. Ahhhhh, life, love it.

The workplace is not the only place that can give you burnout. I’m a single parent who works from home but most of my life for the past 2 years has been caregiver, housekeeper, breadwinner and parent and I find myself feeling all the symptoms of burnout but I can’t get a break or time away to “manage it”. Not really sure what to do anymore. I’m just so tired.

Can burnout eventually became depression?

Those 3 checkboxes are not nearly close to a medical diagnosis. A burnout is a lot more specific than that!

How to disconnect when you are an entrepreneur and single mother … I feel it will never leave me …

I am in final year of medical and completely burnt out . I have finals in few weeks and I can’t bring myself to study and keep procrastinating. Its horrible. Years and years I have stretched myself thin for this and when I am finally at the threshold I cannot move along because of burn out. Im so scared that all my hard-work of these years is going to vain because of the very bad months I have had. I just don’t know what to do. No. I know what to do l just cant do it.

I second the comments that say it's not just from work only. Things in life overall can contribute. I feel like non work related stuff can be worse sometimes. Either way you're drained and basic tasks feel like overwhelming torture. I'm getting there.

Nor just in jobs, life it is a stress disorder that causes the amygdala to grow abnormally large, leaving us in fight, flight or freeze.

I'm Absolutely 💯 burned out. I'm 48 years old I've been working at the same place for 17 years now. The more I try to be more positive at work the worse my attitude becomes. I feel like saying F everything ! ! I also I think I mean it's September 12TH and it was 105 degrees today Summer where I live last for 6 months out of the year , I feel that doesn't help with things. California sucks Lol IDK maybe I need to move to a different state start fresh.

I didn't know this was a real thing. Cuz real talk, about a month ago I straight ghosted a job where I made $40+/hr for all these reasons they say are symptoms of burnout. And since I've quit, I actually am beginning to loathe the idea of taking another job in this same field because I feel like it'll be the same thing all over again

if you can take a walk and then feel better, you are not burnt out. you're just having a bad day. a burnout is full loss of control.

Wow...imagine being a medical provider watching this 2 years post pandemic 😷

It's not just work related

Took ya long enough. Everywhere else in the world knows this, but suddenly NOW you acknowledge it exists?

Burnout is real! I have a burnout assessment test and work with clients to help them recover through better health habits

Great video

"If you would have a faithful servant, serve yourself"

A lot of employees are unwilling to admit burnout in fear of losing their job.

I have had burn out for a year now at my job. My Boss gets off work practically every week yet I have been working there for 4 years and have gotten 3 days off in a row Max. I work from home and the micro management is insane. I want to do things but I’m so mentally exhausted by the weekend that all I want to do is sleep. It’s so sad. I have been looking for a job but it’s all less than what I make at my current company so I have no choice right now and have to stay.

Im burned out from being homeless since i was 11. I have health issues that keep getting me fired even though i feel good working. So you can get burned out from anything not just a job.

This segment was filled with pat and simple answers that aren't easy to execute. "Try and take time off work if you can"--that's like telling a fat person to go on a diet. A fat person knows that in order to lose weight they should diet. A person suffering from burnout knows that taking time off from work would help. THEY CAN'T TAKE TIME OFF WORK. That's why they're burned out! "Look for another job if you can"--And if you can't, then what? And if the problem is you're in healthcare in the middle of a pandemic and this is your CAREER, not a JOB that you can't just walk away from because the next place is just as overworked, then what? "Management can give you time off where they don't contact you". Keep dreaming brother. Yeah, let me go tell my boss to stop calling and emailing me. That will work. "3 days...That's the kind of break that you need". Um....no. You need WAY more than 3 days, Buddy, but since you're not seeing patients and in the thick of it, just sitting behind a desk with a nice suit on, you would think that. "If you could take little walk at work, that would help". Baby, I can't even get time for LUNCH on my job. My work day theoretically ends at 5. I typically go home between 6:30 or 7:30pm--depending on when I'm kicked out of the building by the person locking up b/c I'm still working--finishing paperwork and charting. My "lunch break" is often 6:31 or 7:31--when I get home. So, tell me when I would find to go on this "little walk" of yours?

I'm so burnt out from retail job. It so hard to get anything done!! It's insane this is legal. How is this allowed!? I work 50 hours a week 6 days a week.

I really need help. I am a stay at home mom of 4, ages 15,8,3,1. I started feeling disconnected from house work, cooking, going out shopping, going for walks, like about 3 months now. I don't know where the interest went. I want my energy back, my interests back. I don't want to be like this. I don't have anyone to babysit, ai am at home 24/7 7 days a week. Unless if it's to drop of my older ones to school, or to get groceries, gas. My babies are the only reason I get out of bed in the mornings, they're the reason I do what I can. I love them, and I just want to be an energetic mom for them. I used to be this energetic person, that loved hiking. Now all that is gone. My memory is also the worst. I don't know if vitamins can help.

Because of covid, my uni task are massive. I think i have brain burnout

My entire highschool career

I believe I am going through this right now.

Welp...2 out 3 for me...i just scheduled some vacation.

I know he sounds really boomeresque when he talks about putting your phone down but tbh it works

You can also try switching departments

The thing is i dont mind some stress,but at the workplace you are not allowed to fight for yourself. If you start ANYTHING there you get FIRED I can fight,but jobs are absolute madness You are stuck between a rock and a hard place there and THATS what causes the burnout

I know someone who is working 7/7 very often 7:00 to 10:30pm .he has not life , completely burnout 😢😢 he works for 4 peoples. Now he is exausted 🙈🙈🙈 it is not weakness , some people put the priority on someone else ..whatever the price to help, to find solutions for the other to look strong despite the fatigue 😢. PRIORITY number 1 it' s yourself 🙏🙏🙏

Open office space made me burnout went from a private office to open hall with cubes hearing everyones convo and meeting

Is very easy to really understand... when you have heavy health problems... and your ego and needs don.t leave you give up. I thing i brought burn out to extremE. I NEED HELP.. I SEE NO HELPING HAND

Thats in most in UK schools and colleges

I feel this way as a single mom.

Took a month off and felt the need to go to the bathroom to just breathe two days after I started. But it's either that or starving.

I work in caregiving. It used to be really fun but yea I’m burned out all the time. 40 hour weekends with college on top of it… good god it’s harsh

I just wish they would at least give us a break when needed 🤦🏾‍♂️ and I’m not talking about 15 mins, not 1 a hr lunch , not a 2 or 3 days weekend, In other countrys laws protect citizens when they need a mental break from work

@3:13 you don’t want to live to work, you wanna work to live

My toxic job is burning me out bad

A weekend away!?! Do you know what actual burnout is like? I’m so burnt out I can’t even taste food or listen to music. I’ve started having emotional reactions to sound, where someone chewing makes start crying, it’s extreme constant fight or flight mode that burns out your system. Need way more than a weekend away.

"Burn-out is included in the 11th Revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11) as an occupational phenomenon. It is not classified as a medical condition." - from WHO. It is not a medical condition. However, it is one of the contributing factors of poor health and people reaching out for help.

Recently Experienced it , Started Running got sense self control and still going strong ... It happens maybe cuz its time to level up in life .Just sayin maybe its s test and choice is ours to stay on same lvl or fight discomfort and level up .Idk

I am studying to become a japanese translator. In my country there are very few universities raising japanese translators and my university started this 3 years ago and normally its supposed to be 5 years. First year you are taught the basics, then the advanced stuff but since my university is relatively new, management decided to fit 2 years worth of classes into my first year and the only day that i don't have classes is sunday. Which is extremely exhausting since my classes start at really early hours of the day. I live in a big city, so rent is so high that the house i could affors is not exactly near my univesity, it takes me around 80 minutes to get to my classes everyday. I am starting to experience the burnout. Dropping out is not an option and wherever i look on this matter they say either take some time off or quit. Does anyone have a better idea, i would be grateful for some advice.

ITS NOT JUST BEHIND A JOB OR WORKPLACE TF! ITS ABOUT LIFE

I can imagine burnout is touchy topic in USA where they obsess about being productive, hustle culture and they thing being workaholic is a good thing and all that crap. Burnout is a serious condition in which your body starts to fight your mind, simply trying to tell you: “dude, you have taken me on this road of constantly filling your head with work related stuff. Life is so much more than career and you are missing out”

As if my owner operator boss is going to acknowledge that I am BURNED OUT!! Yes, I'm cynical and burned out. 😢

I'm a burnout

He's simply talking about taking breaks from stress sources, but how to be less prone to stress/burnout?

I cannot call this serious. Serious is more along the lines of exhaustion. Like becoming physically ill,feeling like you're going to pass out, and have little strength and serious fatigue. Like someone who works constantly with not enough down time or rest. Like single mothers. Mild burnout is common. But exhaustion is another thing entirely.

These ppl must be disconnected from the real world because what planet do you live on that you can go to your boss and tell them you’re having burn out your suffering and they’ll be understanding OK

When your in school and can't take a break so you have to force yourself to continue because you'll fail if you don't.

I like camping because it disconnects me from everything. Not internet nothing.

Who is this woman? She's so beautiful and graceful and funny I love her

I’m a kid with burnout is this normal because it’s ruined me

Can you get burnout from breathing?

Yesterday was awful... my God.