Imagine that you used to love your career like a superhero and put yourself into your work energetically every day. However, under the pressure and challenges of day after day, that enthusiasm gradually wears off, and is replaced by endless exhaustion and apathy – this is known as burnout. It's not a simple tiredness, it's a state of deep physical and mental exhaustion caused by chronic excessive stress, like a silent psychological flu that makes even the most engaged employees feel powerless and alienated.
In 1974, the American psychologist Herbert Freudenberger first proposed the concept of "burnout", describing the emotional exhaustion caused by continuous efforts but not effective recovery in the helping industry. From teachers to doctors to workers from all walks of life, they can fall into the spiral of burnout due to long hours of high-pressure work, lack of support and fulfillment, and work-life imbalance.
So, why is burnout occurring? It's like a machine that never stops, if it is not maintained, it will eventually wear out and even strike. Similarly, when people continue to output their inner energy for a long time but do not replenish it, they will gradually lose their positive feelings about their work, and negative emotions and behaviors will appear. We might as well think about how to recharge the "working battery" in time to avoid falling into the abyss of burnout.
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