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Burnout
"A state of mental and physical exhaustion"
The burnout process has 3 phases:
1. Stress Arousal Phase:(which may include)
 | Anxiety |
| Panic |
| Difficulty concentrating |
| Feeling out of control or overwhelmed |
| Stress related physical symptoms such as tachycardia, arrhythmias, gastrointestinal distress, rashes, acute elevation in blood pressure, muscle tension syndromes/ spasms, headaches, etc |
2. Energy Conservation Phase:(which consists of)
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Procrastination |
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Lateness |
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Absenteeism |
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Increased coffee, tea, soda, tobacco consumption |
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Withdrawal, avoidance |
3. Exhaustion Phase: (which may include)
| Feelings of hopelessness and/or helplessness |
| Fully developed depression |
| Serious consideration of changing job status |
| Serious consideration of changing personal living situation |
| Desire to withdrawal, take a “geographic cure” |
| Contemplation of self-destruction actions |
| Substance abuse |
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