What is burnout?

Burnout is a state of emotional, physical, and mental exhaustion caused by prolonged or excessive stress, leading to feelings of detachment, cynicism, and reduced productivity.
Burnout symptoms

Feeling drained, overwhelmed, and emotionally depleted.
Feeling distant and negative towards work or other responsibilities, and the people associated with them.
Feeling a sense of ineffectiveness, lack of accomplishment, and decreased productivity.
Feeling a lack of interest and pleasure in activities that were once enjoyable.
Experiencing increased worry, nervousness, or unease.
Delaying tasks and having difficulty getting started.

Resources

National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) HelpLine

NAMI offers peer support for individuals with mental illness and their families.

Burnout tools

Burnout symptoms, treatment, and tips. Assessment tool for burnout included in link

Worksheets, lesson plans, and activities for sessions

Stress Less, thrive more: Burnout Prevention Resourcesby CCP intern Miguel Mondragon