Burnout causes & solutions

One Solution – a specialist therapist, for instance, in Kent, U.K.

https://www.theburnoutcounsellor.co.uk

Bibliotherapy solution

Dr Claire Plumbly’s Burnout book (2024).

Initial chapters are available on Google books, or Kindle.

Listen to the book on Spotify (premium required).

The yin-yang balance needs to be in place regarding the above bibliotherapy solution, because carefully approaching self-help and self-diagnosis is essential.

‘There is only one book on burnout that I will be recommending – this one. We need one in every office and every staff room around the world.’
~ Dr Julie Smith, bestselling author of Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before

Our human nervous system has the power to cope with high stress but not when it’s been ground down by the relentless stimuli of today’s world. Over time, these persistent demands leave us burnt out because our nervous system is stuck in survival mode. In this mode, we have reduced capacity for rational thinking and less capacity to care. It becomes hard to make decisions, rest, solve problems, be mindful and set boundaries.

Drawing on polyvagal theory and her professional insights as a trauma therapist working with clients experiencing anxiety, trauma and burnout, Clinical Psychologist Dr Claire Plumbly will help you understand:

* How to soothe your nervous system back to full capacity using techniques and compassion.
* Why stress is different from burnout
* How burnout stifles your ability to interact, think clearly and be productive or creative.
* Why you get stuck in burnout and cannot ‘think’ your way out of it or engage in activities you know could help you.
* Cultural beliefs and psychological patterns that cause burnout

By the end of this book, you will have tools to thrive amidst the challenges of modern life, at work, at home and through positive interactions and relationships.

Key Cause: 5. Self-help often leads to burnout

It’s true, trying to push through self-help goals just drains more energy than helps.

The above is an excerpt from this article:
https://medium.com/artfullyautistic/7-surprising-reasons-why-self-help-fails-for-autistic-people-80f17d52d24c

Self-help’s danger is that it can impose a todo-list of self-improvements which prove hard to achieve. Failing at these goals can lead to a lowering of self-esteem.

There’s a famous saying about the irony of this:
“The only person who ever gets rich from a self-help book is the author.”

Solution
-> take advice on board, but use manageable methods to change habits; like embracing the PROCESS, not fixating on the end-result. See here: Dive in, drift away, enjoy the process