Identify your red flags
You may be on the road to burnout if….
- Every day is a bad day
- Caring about your home or work life seems like a waste of energy
- You feel exhausted all the time
- A majority of your day is spent on tasks you find dull or overwhelming
- You feel like nothing you do makes a difference or is appreciated
Resources on burnout
- Signs you may be on the road to burnout
- Oldenburg Burnout Inventory
- Best selling book on the physiological implications of stress
Monitor your Red Flags
If you can relate to stress and burnout, you are not alone. There are many strategies you can use to prevent and treat burnout. These suggestions should not replace care from licensed medical professionals (your primary care and/or mental health provider).
| AAFP Framework for Linking Cultural Norms in Healthcare with Burnout Factors and Potential Interventions (modified) | |||
| Positive Value | Negative Potential | Burnout Factors | Potential Mental Training Interventions |
| Service | Deprivation | Compassion fatigue, entitlement | Appreciation and gratitude |
| Excellence | Invincibility | Emotional exhaustion | Mindful self-compassion
Refuting irrational thoughts |
| Professional competence | Omnipotence | Ineffectiveness, cynicism | Self-awareness
Generous listening |
| Compassion | Isolation | Depersonalization | Connection and community
Silence and reflection as energizing |
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