Our body system can become frail when it is overloaded or stressed beyond its limits. Our body is like an industrial machine that is used on a daily basis. The machine is designed to work for 12 hours a day, nothing more. But when it starts getting used for more than 12 hours, it starts to break down gradually until it finally stops working. This is exactly how the human body system functions. Our body system is designed to help and fight off any kind of disease, but once we overload it, it starts to fall apart. Sometimes, things are beyond our control. To put food on their tables, some people take on multiple jobs, going from one shift to another. Growing up, one of my friend's mothers was a teacher who taught in a standard high school. She would go to school from 8am to 4:30 pm, and after that, she would go for extra lessons in another school from that time until late in the evening. Like her, there are many people out there who stress themselves beyond limits to cater to their needs.
According to the American Psychological Association, “Work-place” burnout is an occupation related syndrome resulting from chronic workplace stress that has not been successfully managed.” According to this definition, workplace stress is normal and can happen from time to time. However, it becomes chronic when it is not well managed. Workplace burnout can become detrimental to our physical and emotional well-being. In today’s edition of Hive Learner’s Prompts, we are asked to discuss Workplace burnout. How do we avoid it?
Do you sometimes feel tired, stressed to the bones, drained, and unable to do anything after the day’s work? The moment you get home from work, you jump on the bed without putting off your work clothes and sleep till the next morning only to wake up with headaches and excruciating pain all over the body. That’s what happens when we push ourselves too hard, beyond what we can handle. One of the best ways to avoid workplace burnout is to know your limits. How much work can you do? How much stress can you handle? These are important questions to consider. Let’s use someone who can’t work for more than 8 hours a day as a case study. If such a person passes their limits, they start feeling tired and falling apart. In this case, the best thing to do is not take a job that requires you to work for more than 8 hours a day.
In school, we have a reading club. During exams, we come together and pull off all-nighters. A week before exams is when we cover most of the topics in our syllabus. About a year ago, we had a tight timetable (no breaks) and we had to pull off all-nighters every day, from 10pm to 8am. I realized that whenever I push myself beyond my limits, I fall sick. Last semester, we had many all-nighters, but we also had enough time to rest well, so I didn’t break down. One of my friends in our study group knows better than to push himself beyond his limits. His health is frail, and once he starts to stress it, he falls sick. So, what he does is close his books and sleep once it's 2am. This is exactly how to avoid workplace burnout: know your limits and work within them.
As I mentioned above, workplace burnout can be both physical and emotional. On the emotional side, problems with colleagues or bosses can overwhelm us, causing harm to our psychological well-being. It is like being stuck in a tight room with a bunch of people you don’t like. It becomes worse if you’re the “different egg” and the others find pleasure in always making life hard for you. Sometimes, we cannot quit the job because that’s our only source of income. One way to make sure problems from other colleagues don’t affect our mental health is to talk to someone. Pour your heart out to a friend. That way, you can either laugh it off or find a better solution. Remember that a problem shared is half solved.
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Well said, love.
There are different ways we get stressed out and wish we can just fold up or something but in cases when we can’t do that, we just have to look for another way to go around it.
Like I said in my post, one of the ways is to avoid too much expectations especially in the aspect of salary increment. Most times, we feel we’ve done too much to receive too little as salaries and before we know it, every thing at work starts becoming tiring and frustrating. We even start hating those we work with even without them doing anything to us especially some that are doing better than us.
On the aspect of having an emotional breakdown, talking to someone is the best like you’ve rightly mentioned. Pouring your heart out to someone will help you feel relieved in so many ways that will in turn affect you physically too.
Thanks for sharing this with us, love. ❤️
Hey there, Hopey. While I agree with you that limiting expectations especially in the aspect of salary increment is important, sometimes we just cannot help it. Imagine a teacher who works from 8am till 5pm and gets paid 30k a month. Surely, the feeling of dissatisfaction will constantly seep in. However, it'd be best if we controlled it. As you mentioned, if we don't, we might start hating on those around us.
Thanks for stopping by, love.
Yeah? It’s hard but it helps. I have been there before. When you know you can’t change something, fighting it will only wear you out.
It’s my pleasure stopping by, love.
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Thanks, buzzy.
Rightly said, we need to listen to our body.
I know students study up till 3/4 am, but I never heard of the all-nighter concept. That must be a toll on health and well-being.
I'm really sorry for your fried. Crossing the limit is okay sometimes but we should know when to stop.
Good that you are cautious.
Yes, we should know when to stop- particularly when our bodies start giving signals.
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Well said and stated. We must all take care of our body and health generally. We must listen to stress signal now and always.
I agree with you. Pushing our limits is okay, but we must learn to stop when it starts taking a toll on us.
This is such an important message for young people entering the professional world. Many young people come into their first corporate job trying desperately to prove themselves, and never saying no. If they are not careful, people will take advantage of this young energy and push them to their limit. I agree it is good to share your struggles with friends, who can help you to cope and provide you the confidence to stand up for your work/life balance in the workplace. Thank you for sharing!
It is important to share your struggles with people who won't judge you, but help find solutions.
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Good say sir fav, keep your healthy and mind fit and fine and don't take much stress about the work and all.
Thank you so much for your encouraging words, Chinay.
You talked about atmosphere at workplace .
I also believe that if a conducive atmosphere is created that favours support,cooperation and collaboration then the mind suffers less fatigue becausytgere are many people around to compensate.
Improving workplace environment can be effective tool ti stoo drainage of energy
Yes when we push a lot our limits our body feels sick! Good that you noticed and took some moment to breath in!
As you mentioned, the emotional exhaustion can be huge and this exhaustion has a huge impact on people. It is something that often, due to a lack of financial resources, people go to their limit and sometimes become ill because of it. It is important to have balance.
!BBH