what is the difference between ‘normal’ fatigue and a burnout?
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Biggest differences imo (since burnout isn’t exactly a medical condition):
Normal Fatigue happens to pretty much everyone. It is also pretty easy to recover from. A nice night’s sleep will usually solve normal fatigue. An example of normal fatigue is perhaps you are on vacation and walked around a lot sightseeing. That would produce normal fatigue.
Burnout is more persistent and has an emotional component. If you were just constantly fatigued physically that would be call “Chronic Fatigue” which may be caused by certain medical conditions.
Burnout usually involves an emotional aspect that weighs heavily on the individual. Typically burnout is used to describe work/professional situations. E.g. being on an undermanned team, being in a role with constant/frequent deadlines, being in a role where the nature of the work is highly stressful, dealing with a shitty manager who is aggressive, possibly a combination of the above. It can also be from personal situations e.g. a very stressful home environment where demands on you as a spouse/parent are persistent, or abusive caretaker/parents, a
Burnout will always reoccur given that the environment that produces it remains the same. It doesn’t matter how much time off the person suffering burnout takes off, whether they start meditating, reorienting their mental framework etc. As long as the conditions that create burnout persist, burnout will eventually return for the individual.
what is the difference between ‘normal’ fatigue and a burnout?
In: 33
Biggest differences imo (since burnout isn’t exactly a medical condition):
Normal Fatigue happens to pretty much everyone. It is also pretty easy to recover from. A nice night’s sleep will usually solve normal fatigue. An example of normal fatigue is perhaps you are on vacation and walked around a lot sightseeing. That would produce normal fatigue.
Burnout is more persistent and has an emotional component. If you were just constantly fatigued physically that would be call “Chronic Fatigue” which may be caused by certain medical conditions.
Burnout usually involves an emotional aspect that weighs heavily on the individual. Typically burnout is used to describe work/professional situations. E.g. being on an undermanned team, being in a role with constant/frequent deadlines, being in a role where the nature of the work is highly stressful, dealing with a shitty manager who is aggressive, possibly a combination of the above. It can also be from personal situations e.g. a very stressful home environment where demands on you as a spouse/parent are persistent, or abusive caretaker/parents, a
Burnout will always reoccur given that the environment that produces it remains the same. It doesn’t matter how much time off the person suffering burnout takes off, whether they start meditating, reorienting their mental framework etc. As long as the conditions that create burnout persist, burnout will eventually return for the individual.
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