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WORKLOAD CAN HARM YOU

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Burnout can affect your physical and mental health.
Burnout can affect your physical and mental health.

Burnout is now classified as “a syndrome conceptualised as resulting from chronic workplace stress that has not been successfully managed”, according to the World Health Organisation.

The International Classification of Diseases, or the ICD-11, the World Health Organization’s handbook that helps medical providers diagnose diseases, classifies burnout as “a syndrome conceptualized as resulting from chronic workplace stress that has not been successfully managed.”

Whatever the cause, job burnout can affect your physical and mental health.

Consider how to know if you’ve got job burnout and what you can do about it.

Job burnout symptoms

Ask yourself: Have you become cynical or critical at work?

Do you drag yourself to work and have trouble getting started?

Are you irritable or impatient with colleagues or clients?

Do you lack the energy to be consistently productive?

Do you lose concentration?

Are you satisfied with achievements?

Are you disillusioned about your job?

Do you use food, drugs or alcohol to feel better?

Have your sleep habits changed?

Do you have headaches, stomach or bowel problems, or other physical complaints?

If you answered yes to any of the above, you might be having burnout. Talk to a health professional.

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