One of the most difficult thing about burnout is that it can be quite different for each person in the way it is expressed and it's hard to discern.
I was (and probably am to some extent) burnt out.
The hardest thing was caused by the fact that I asked for help.
Help to reduce my workload, help to have some kind of support, whatever.
What happened is that many if not all the people I knew always reacted with "Yeah, you'll be fine".
And this is because of two major things
1. I always solve problems. People expect me to do the same so when I ask for help, they don't consider this a threat.
2. People don't want to face pain: I was the only one in a team noticing that one of our teammates was on the edge of burnout. We don't want to face the pain because it's hard, because we don't know how to fix pain easily and sometimes we also can't fix pain.
In the end I decided to do something like Maya. Tell my story.
I documented myself for the burnout part, asked a friend that's expert on psycology and wrote a piece to help people understand how complex this topic is. (here it is in italian, for those who care: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/vogliamo-parlare-di-burnout-o...)
Result? Many people reached out and shared how much critical was this problem.
We need to fix it and learn both how to see this in ourselves and in others, and how we can help them (and to me the fist key element is being able to face other people's pain and suffer with no fear)
I was (and probably am to some extent) burnt out. The hardest thing was caused by the fact that I asked for help. Help to reduce my workload, help to have some kind of support, whatever.
What happened is that many if not all the people I knew always reacted with "Yeah, you'll be fine".
And this is because of two major things 1. I always solve problems. People expect me to do the same so when I ask for help, they don't consider this a threat. 2. People don't want to face pain: I was the only one in a team noticing that one of our teammates was on the edge of burnout. We don't want to face the pain because it's hard, because we don't know how to fix pain easily and sometimes we also can't fix pain.
In the end I decided to do something like Maya. Tell my story.
I documented myself for the burnout part, asked a friend that's expert on psycology and wrote a piece to help people understand how complex this topic is. (here it is in italian, for those who care: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/vogliamo-parlare-di-burnout-o...)
Result? Many people reached out and shared how much critical was this problem. We need to fix it and learn both how to see this in ourselves and in others, and how we can help them (and to me the fist key element is being able to face other people's pain and suffer with no fear)