August 13, 2008 at 17:48How important it is not to recycle or professional combustion
The term " professional burnout" (burnout) arose in 1974 with the filing of the American psychiatrist Freidenberg (Freidenberg HG). This term has many interpretations and interpretations. I combined them a little. Occupational combustion syndrome is a psychological defense in the form of a complete or partial exclusion of emotions in response to unresolved stress in the workplace.
The risk group includes people who are emotionally involved in the profession - insurers, educators, doctors, journalists, psychologists, sales managers, managers, etc.
They can also be people who are prone to pedantry and perfectionism in their work.
Remember the remark from the movie Pulp Fiction: Hello, I'm Mr. Wolfe. I solve your problems? " People who have problem solving is a profession are most prone to burning. An interesting fact: women are more prone to mental exhaustion than men, but they recover faster than men.
ReasonsProfessional combustion are personal characteristics. For example, low self-esteem, workaholism and, as mentioned above, pedantry and perfectionism. Another reason: you work in a team, while the joint efforts are not coordinated and / or there is no clear understanding of the task, and the result depends on the coordination of actions. Most often, managers themselves provoke professional combustion of employees by the fact that even more responsibility and duties are piled on the stars of the company. As a rule, a strong discrepancy is achieved in the words and actions of the leadership. Here you can add the “nervous” atmosphere in the company, the constant work in a hurry, the conflict of a group of people in one company.
Let's look at the symptoms. First of all, the symptoms manifest themselves on a physical level: you begin to feel causeless fatigue, suddenly suddenly lose weight or vice versa gain weight, and the dream is not the same. Some may have impaired breathing, nausea, dizziness, sweating, trembling, palpitations, etc.
Along with the physical level, the emotional background also collapses: pessimistic moods, murderous cynicism along with a feeling of helplessness. Little things begin to annoy you, poorly controlled aggression appears. The load may include: anxiety, inability to concentrate, guilt, mood swings: from hysteria to complete apathy.
Due to an uncomfortable state, you begin to change your work habits: increase or decrease the working day, give preference to standard processes, rather than looking for beautiful solutions. The decision-making process is getting complicated for you, the results of the work no longer worry. Most of the time is spent on routine or automatic execution of actions. Separation from colleagues, friends, clients, increasing inadequate criticality. And the whole increase in the consumption of alcohol, cigarettes and stimulants completes this whole bleak picture.
By the way, in the personal area, too, to put it mildly, everything is not very: you are not interested and bored with your loved ones. There is a desire to buy a T-shirt with the inscription “I’ve gone inside. I’ll not be back soon. ” Until recently, your favorite football (macrame, startup - insert what you need) is no longer pleasing and you are increasingly finding excuses not to go to training. At some point, you notice that you celebrate the new year and your birthday at work, in a circle of colleagues.
Found some symptoms in yourself? This is a reason to think seriously and understand what stage of combustion you are at. Maslach says professional combustion syndrome goes through three stages.
First stage. It begins with dimming of emotions, smoothing out the severity of feelings and the freshness of experiences. You know such a slight tingling inside: something is disturbing, and what exactly cannot be determined. At the same moment, self-flagellation begins and uncertainty in one's competence appears. All this leads to a decrease in self-esteem. Positive emotions disappear, some detachment appears in relations with family members.
Second stage. Apathy and irritation. Any trifles begin to irritate you, clients bring white heat, and the authorities want to hit the liver. Such behavior is an unconscious manifestation of a sense of self-preservation when communicating in excess of a level safe for the body.
Third stage. You are completely letting go. And complete devastation and indifference comes. About such a person they usually say that he is a biorobot.
But not everything is as bad as it might seem: "the salvation of drowning people is the work of the drowning people themselves."
Firstly, it is best not to allow the third stage, but to see an impending thunderstorm at the very beginning.
Listen to yourself, monitor your reactions and well-being. Review your attitude to work: set real goals, do not take on more than you can do, do not forget to relax. It is very important to learn to disconnect from work, even if it is the meaning of your whole life.
If you are the head of a team or company, then you need to pay attention to the distribution of working time of "burned" employees. Intense communication is recommended to compensate for periods of complete loneliness. Your colleague must understand his role in the common cause. Do not forget to monitor the status of your employees and timely switch or send them on vacation.
The risk group includes people who are emotionally involved in the profession - insurers, educators, doctors, journalists, psychologists, sales managers, managers, etc.
They can also be people who are prone to pedantry and perfectionism in their work.
Remember the remark from the movie Pulp Fiction: Hello, I'm Mr. Wolfe. I solve your problems? " People who have problem solving is a profession are most prone to burning. An interesting fact: women are more prone to mental exhaustion than men, but they recover faster than men.
ReasonsProfessional combustion are personal characteristics. For example, low self-esteem, workaholism and, as mentioned above, pedantry and perfectionism. Another reason: you work in a team, while the joint efforts are not coordinated and / or there is no clear understanding of the task, and the result depends on the coordination of actions. Most often, managers themselves provoke professional combustion of employees by the fact that even more responsibility and duties are piled on the stars of the company. As a rule, a strong discrepancy is achieved in the words and actions of the leadership. Here you can add the “nervous” atmosphere in the company, the constant work in a hurry, the conflict of a group of people in one company.
Let's look at the symptoms. First of all, the symptoms manifest themselves on a physical level: you begin to feel causeless fatigue, suddenly suddenly lose weight or vice versa gain weight, and the dream is not the same. Some may have impaired breathing, nausea, dizziness, sweating, trembling, palpitations, etc.
Along with the physical level, the emotional background also collapses: pessimistic moods, murderous cynicism along with a feeling of helplessness. Little things begin to annoy you, poorly controlled aggression appears. The load may include: anxiety, inability to concentrate, guilt, mood swings: from hysteria to complete apathy.
Due to an uncomfortable state, you begin to change your work habits: increase or decrease the working day, give preference to standard processes, rather than looking for beautiful solutions. The decision-making process is getting complicated for you, the results of the work no longer worry. Most of the time is spent on routine or automatic execution of actions. Separation from colleagues, friends, clients, increasing inadequate criticality. And the whole increase in the consumption of alcohol, cigarettes and stimulants completes this whole bleak picture.
By the way, in the personal area, too, to put it mildly, everything is not very: you are not interested and bored with your loved ones. There is a desire to buy a T-shirt with the inscription “I’ve gone inside. I’ll not be back soon. ” Until recently, your favorite football (macrame, startup - insert what you need) is no longer pleasing and you are increasingly finding excuses not to go to training. At some point, you notice that you celebrate the new year and your birthday at work, in a circle of colleagues.
Found some symptoms in yourself? This is a reason to think seriously and understand what stage of combustion you are at. Maslach says professional combustion syndrome goes through three stages.
First stage. It begins with dimming of emotions, smoothing out the severity of feelings and the freshness of experiences. You know such a slight tingling inside: something is disturbing, and what exactly cannot be determined. At the same moment, self-flagellation begins and uncertainty in one's competence appears. All this leads to a decrease in self-esteem. Positive emotions disappear, some detachment appears in relations with family members.
Second stage. Apathy and irritation. Any trifles begin to irritate you, clients bring white heat, and the authorities want to hit the liver. Such behavior is an unconscious manifestation of a sense of self-preservation when communicating in excess of a level safe for the body.
Third stage. You are completely letting go. And complete devastation and indifference comes. About such a person they usually say that he is a biorobot.
But not everything is as bad as it might seem: "the salvation of drowning people is the work of the drowning people themselves."
Firstly, it is best not to allow the third stage, but to see an impending thunderstorm at the very beginning.
Listen to yourself, monitor your reactions and well-being. Review your attitude to work: set real goals, do not take on more than you can do, do not forget to relax. It is very important to learn to disconnect from work, even if it is the meaning of your whole life.
If you are the head of a team or company, then you need to pay attention to the distribution of working time of "burned" employees. Intense communication is recommended to compensate for periods of complete loneliness. Your colleague must understand his role in the common cause. Do not forget to monitor the status of your employees and timely switch or send them on vacation.