Burnout - Signs & Symptoms

Physical

• Exhaustion
• Insomnia
• Headaches
• Increased susceptibility to illness
• Somatization
• Hypochondria

Behavioural

• Increased use of alcohol and drugs
• Anger and irritability
• Avoidance of clients
• Absenteeism
• Impaired ability to make decisions and care for clients
• Problems in personal relationships
• Attrition

Psychological

• Emotional exhaustion
• Distancing from clients
• Distancing from colleagues
• Negative self image
• Depression
• Reduced ability to feel sympathy and empathy
• Cynicism
• Low job satisfaction
• Depersonalization
• Disruption to world view
• Inability to tolerate strong feelings
• Problems with intimacy
• Intrusive imagery or dissociation
• Heightened anxiety or irrational fears
• Hypersensitivity to emotionally charged stimuli
• Insensitivity to emotional material
• Increased sense of personal vulnerabilit
• Loss of hope
• Difficulty separating work life from personal life
• Dread of working with certain clients
• Feeling therapeutic impotence or de skilled
• Diminished sense of enjoyment of career
• Failure to nurture and develop non work related aspects of life