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Student @ Nnamdi Azikiwe University,Awka.
BURNOUT
<p>I don't feel anything</p><p>I'm numb</p><p>It feels like am doing nothing</p><p>While trying to do everything</p><p>I no longer actively engage in my favorite hobbies </p><p><br/></p><p>There's a name for this.</p><p>This is burnout.</p><p> Burnout is a psychological syndrome characterized by a self-reported state of care- or work-related physical and mental stress, manifesting as emotional exhaustion (EE), depersonalization (DP), and a sense of reduced personal accomplishment (PA). This condition has emerged as a defining symptom of modern life, exacerbated by the increasingly fast-paced, high-stress environments prevalent in today’s society. </p><p><br/></p><p>Burnout happens when effort outpaces recovery for too long. You keep showing up, but something inside you quietly clocks out. Motivation dries up. Even the things you love, writing, creating, dreaming start to feel heavy, like they’re asking too much of you.</p><p><br/></p><p>We often dismiss burnout as simple exhaustion, rest alone doesn’t always fix it. SLEEP HELPS, sure.</p><p>But true burnout is deeper. It’s not just your body saying, “I need to stop.” It’s your inner self going silent. </p><p><br/></p><p>Psychologist Christina Maslach defines burnout by three core symptoms:</p><p>1. Exhaustion: The complete draining of your physical and emotional batteries.</p><p>2. Cynicism: A growing mental distance from your work, where you feel detached, negative, and irritable. (“What’s the point?”)</p><p>3. Inefficacy: A crushing sense that nothing you do matters or is good enough.</p><p><br/></p><p>This trio creates a vicious cycle. You’re too exhausted to care, so you disengage. Because you’ve disengaged, your performance suffers, which confirms your feeling of incompetence. The passion that once fueled you is replaced by a hollow resentment.</p><p>Burnout isn’t a personal failure; it’s a chronic mismatch. A mismatch between your effort and reward, your need for autonomy and your lack of control.</p><p>The first step out isn’t pushing harder. </p><p>It’s the opposite. Listen to the cynicism, it’s a signal that something is deeply misaligned. Recovery starts not with another productivity hack, but with a quiet question: What part of me had to go silent for me to keep going?</p><p>Reconnecting with that answer is wher<span style="background-color: transparent;">e healing really begins.</span></p><p><br/></p><p><br/></p>
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