A nice exercise

The miracle question
The here following small mental exercise is a good example of how you can actively handle your burnout.
Imagine a situation as follows. You are in bed, sound asleep. That night you are visited by an angel. The next morning you wake up and all your problems have disappeared. like snow melting in the sunlight. You feel fit and well-rested, life smiles at you and you feel like going back to work. The question you have to ask yourself then is: What exactly has been changed that makes things so much better and easier? If then you do correct thinking you will find a number of things that you will be doing different or that you approach from another angle. It is recommended to repeat this exercise a number of times, most probably you won't be completely aware of everything that counts the first time ever you make this "drill".

A fine example
In my practice of course I also sometimes use such techniques. One of my clients had become quite seriously burnout. In his case it wasn't particularly his workload but rather all the things he demanded of himself. I got to know him as a highly active man who could bring up a constant stream of new ideas and who also spent much time and effort in developing these ideas. Now of course not everything ended succesfull and coming a certain time, burnout hit him. After a couple of weeks of treatment and analyzing his situation thoroughly he was able to go to work with the miracle question.
Fortunately my client very quickly brought the insight that he should handle the products of his fertile mind in a different, less impulsive way. Stopping his flow of ideas wasn't necessary, but doing a quick check with colleagues and giving yourself another day to think things over, that was certainly possible. Acting after just this particular insight became an important factor in his recoveryprocess.