BURN-

OUT
 BURN-
OUT
A STATE OF EXHAUSTION,
IRRITABILITY, & FATIGUE
which MARKEDLY DECREASES
WORKER’S EFFECTIVENESS &
CAPABILITY
 Characteristics
• CHRONIC EMOTIONAL EXHAUSTION
• DEPLETED ENERGY

• IMPAIRED ENTHUSIASM & MOTIVATION

• DIMINISHED WORK EFFIEICIENY

• DIMINISHED SENSE OF PERSONAL

ACCOMPLISHMENT
• PESSIMISM & CYNICISM
 Burn-out

MAY OCCUR AFTER

A PROLONGED
PERIOD OF TIME ON
A JOB OR EVEN A
SHORT TIME IN A
VERY INTENSE
SITUATION
BURN-OUT
TEST
Please answer all questions on the following
rating

1 – NEVER
2 – RARELY
3 – SOMETIMES
4 – OFTEN
5- ALWAYS
1. Do you tire more easily
and feel exhausted most
of the time?
2. Do you find yourself just
putting in the hours and
going through the motion?
3. Do you notice feeling
detached and even avoiding
clients, colleagues, family
and friends?
4. Do you feel bored and
apathetic about your work
or commitments?
5. Do you tend to eliminate
more enjoyable activities
because there is no more
time for them?
6. Do you observe a tendency to
engage in self-deprivations,
i.e. excessive overtime,
working late into the night,
weekends and during
vacations?
7. Do you become overly
invested in a client’s welfare
or in a project to the
exclusion of other
commitments??
8. Do you begin to “medicate”
yourself with food, alcohol,
pills, etc as a way of coping?
9. Do you notice becoming
increasingly cynical and
disenchanted?
10. Do you observed becoming
more cranky and irritable?
11. Do you feel resentful of the
time you spent with others
and wish to have more
time for yourself?
12. Do you feel relieved when
an original plan to attend to
a client or a project was
cancelled?
13. Do you begin to feel
pessimistic about your
client or your commitment?
14. Do you have feelings of
anger and contempt over
many of your clients?
15. Do you question your
effectiveness as a helping
professional?
Results
0 – 25 You’re doing fine.
26 – 36 There are things you
should be watching.
36 – 50 You’re a candidate.
51 – 65 You are burning out.
Over 65 You’re in a dangerous
place, threatening to your physical
and mental well being.
 Warning Signs of Burn-out

Feeling
Cynicism unappreciated
or or betrayed by Loss of
wounded the enthusiasm
organization
ideals
 Warning Signs of Burn-out

Neglecting
Grandiose Heroic but personal
beliefs reckless safety and
about own behavior
importance physical
needs
 Warning Signs of Burn-out

Mistrusting
colleagues Antisocial Excessive
and behavior tiredness
supervisor
 Warning Signs of Burn-out

Symptoms
Inability to Sleep
of illness or
concentrate difficulties
disease
Warning Signs of Burn-out

Excessive
use of
Inefficiency alcohol and
tobacco
and drugs
Common Sources of Burn-out
Pressure to Need to
succeed all the generate
time excitement
Lack of intimacy
with people
around you

Inability to Areas of life are

relax disproportionate
Common Sources of Burn-out
Inflexible once
Lack of self- you’ve taken a
discipline stand
Identifying too
closely with
activities
Always worried
Taking
about preserving yourself too
your image seriously
Common Sources of Burn-out
Excessive other
Have unclear care, too little self-
goals care (taga-salo)

Low and
inconsistent peer Insufficient
and social support incentives

Lack of Idealistic
opportunities for expectations for
professional dev’t authorities/superiors
 Management
Be aware, be alert and
recognize the symptoms
Official temporary relief from
work

Rotation of worker to
low/moderate/high stress tasks
Briefing/debriefing, buddy-
buddy system
Limited exposure to high stress
assignment
A-B-C OF SELF CARE

A - AWARENESS
B - BALANCE
C - CONNECTION
 The Serenity Prayer
God grant me the serenity to accept the things I
cannot change; courage to change the things I can;
and wisdom to know the difference.
Living one day at a time, enjoying one moment at a
time
Accepting hardship as a pathway to peace
Taking us Jesus did, this sinful world as it is
Not as I would have.
Trusting that you will make all things right, if I
surrender to your will
So that I may be reasonably happy in this life
And supremely happy with You in the end
AMEN.