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The student guide to study burnout (1 Viewer)

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This - what's being described here is a common misconception of burnout, as it describes simple laziness or tiredness. Real burnout is caused when you emotionally and physically push yourself to the limit and collapse. The collapse is really a defence mechanism aimed at protecting a person from the intense workload and anxiety. It mostly manifests itself in certain personality types who value success above all else. It usually goes in stages such as:

1) Person has a desire to prove themself or achieve an unrealistic goal and pushes themselves
2) The person becomes fixated on the goal and gradually isolates themselves from others as they become emotionally dependent upon their work for their sense of self worth
3) Feelings of emptiness and depression result from this dependance
4) The stress and anxiety result in physical and mental collapse as the person is not able to work
such deep.

tbh this is the thing I'm most concerned about for next year, everyone around me is starting to panic and tbh I'm starting to feel the stress :(
 
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