Are You Burnout?

Have you ever feel burnout since the first time you work in your office? I did :-p. 

"Burnout is a psychological term for the experience of long-term exhaustion and diminished interest." 

(wikipedia)

I did feel burnout few months ago and made me so unproductive. 

What do you feel right now? Feel exhausted and get bored with your job?

You feel there is no more challenges in your work or social life?

Be careful. Maybe you are in the level for being burnout.

Is it normal?

Absolutely. Every people (of course what I know) sometimes has this feeling.

If you have no idea about what happen to you rite now, here is the phase (not necessarily sequential) that might help you to know your condition :

• A compulsion to prove oneself
• Working harder
• Neglecting one's own needs
• Displacement of conflicts (the person does not realize the root cause of the distress)
• Revision of values (friends or hobbies are completely dismissed)
• Denial of emerging problems (cynicism and aggression become apparent)
• Withdrawal (reducing social contacts to a minimum, becoming walled off; alcohol or other substance abuse may occur)
• Behavioral changes become obvious to others
• Depersonalization (life becomes a series of mechanical functions)
• Inner emptiness
• Depression
• Burnout syndrome

So, any idea what you feel now? :-)