Burnout background
Various aspects play an important role in a burnout:
“Energy” disorder
We consider a burnout primarily as an ‘energy’ disorder. You are physically ‘burned out’. You have no energy, do not feel like anything and all activities take a lot of effort. Often due to long-term stress your hormone balance has been considerably disrupted (e.g. adrenaline, cortisol). A long-term production of a lot of cortisol depletes the body and that in turn can lead to energy loss, fatigue, listlessness, etc. In short: all those symptoms of the burnout.
Underlying causes
The burnout complaints naturally have an underlying cause. Why does it happen to you now? Why do you experience so much stress for a long time? Why do you always think you should take the initiative? Why are you always the first to respond to e-mail, etc.? Why don’t you say “no”?