There you are, sitting at home, feeling bad as you never felt bad before. You feel downright shitty and thinking of your job is just repulsive. Then, next thing you know, you are talking to your medical doctor and he will simply advise you to just pop-in with the company for a small chat and a cup of coffee. You don't even think about it and turn the advice down. A couple of days later, your chief gives you a call and basically repeats the same invitation. Having heard this advice twice you reconsider. Later on in the week you get in the car, drive down your familiar road and find it amazingly empty, outside the rush-hour. You go in and ... well, it doesn't get so bad, though you are happy to leave the building after half an hour, some small talk and two coffees.
Has this recently happened to you? If so, then this is all part of a modern strategy to keep burnout-patients more involved with the job. Evidence is showing that staying somewhat loosely connected with the job during your recoveryproces makes it easier to comeback. The aversive emotional over-reaction that can form itself so easily if you withhold yourself from your working-spot for a longer period time is so easily to avoid.
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Burnout is a modern psychic disease, strongly related to both a stressfull working environment and certain personality traits. The symptoms are sometimes very similar to a depression. This blog is meant to clarify several aspects of this particular intriguing state of being and will focus on therapy and selfhelp.
About Me
- Frans Bovenlander, psychologist
- A long working experience with the treatment of the burnout-syndrome has given me a wealth of insights that I will happily want to share with you on this blog.