Hi everyone and welcome back to my blog. I hope everyone is feeling good and excited to read yet another article.
It is 11 pm as I am writing this article. I just woke up from a nap and discovered something while browsing the web. Lately, there has been so much going on. I’ve been experiencing so many different emotions all at once, mostly sad ones. It is hard to keep a positive state of mind when you feel like everything around you is crumbling down. I knew all the signs that I was portraying were related to a kind of emotional tiredness, but I had no idea what it was and how to overcome it.
I have this thing I do when I am feeling down where I try to find quotes either on Google on Pinterest about the way I am feeling. That is how I stumbled across the term “Emotional Burnout”, and I knew right away that this was what I was feeling.
What is “Emotional Burnout”?
“Emotional burnout happens when you have faced such a high level of stress that your body literally shuts down and just cannot accommodate any more challenges”.
“Burnout is a state of emotional, physical, and mental exhaustion caused by excessive and prolonged stress”.
Basically, I felt like I’ve been under so much stress that my mind and my entire body went into shut down mode, and I lost all sense of encouragement, and motivation.
In order to prevent a similar thing from happening to my favorite readers, especially the ones in Haiti, I am going to share below a few signs, both physical and mental, that can help you realize that you are on the road to an emotional burnout.
1- Every day feels like a bad day. I have a friend that calls me every day after work, and often I ask how the day went. I noticed that it is rare that I get a response like “The day was good,or I had a really good day”. I used to think it was bizarre that someone never had a good day, but I also understand that it is hard to have a good day, no matter how many amazing things happen, when your mind is no longer fully present.
2- Feeling tired most of the time. I feel tired all the time. This is something that I used to experience back when I was anemic. I thought it was related to the fact that it’s been a while since I had a good night sleep, but how can one sleeps when a billion things are running through the mind all the time?
3- Frequent headaches. I’ve experienced non-stopping headaches. I’ve had teas, painkillers, taken cold showers, everything I could think of, but it’s just so persistent and won’t go away. My initial thought was to go see my eye doctor and that it was probably my glasses. But no, all these symptoms are, one way or another related to stress.
4- Sense of failure and self-doubt. Like I said in my article “Cry of a desperate youth“, a lot of people don’t understand how it feels to wake up one day and realize that your country being in shambles is not only destroying lives, but it’s also destroying all our dreams and goals. As a very methodic person, I had everything planned out, but every single day I feel like all that I have accomplished are losing value as every minute passes by.
5- Feeling helpless and alone. I am surrounded by love from my family and friends, yet it often feels like no one is there. Everyone is going through their own struggles and it’s hard to find someone to complain and vent out to when we are all just trying to survive.
So, there you have it people, the 5 most frequent symptoms I have experienced. There are so many more, but for the sake of not publishing a long article, I will stick to those 5. Have you experienced any of them lately? If not, that doesn’t mean that you are okay and not going through this too, but if yes, just know that better days will come. As of now, all I know is that it’s a passing stage, and that light always shines through at the end of the tunnel.
I think I should do a part two for this article because there is so much more to say. Let me know in the comments whether I should make an article about how to get better or the different causes of Emotional Burnout. I look forward to reading your answers.
That is all I have for today guys. Thank you for always tuning in. If this article spoke out to you or if you feel like someone around you is going through something similar, don’t forget to share it as much as you can. Until we meet again, stay safe and be blessed…always!!!