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Why does it seem like you spend most of your time in bed,

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lying down and not doing much lately?

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Are you someone who easily gets tired

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and doesn't feel like doing anything?

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Do you label this kind of behavior as mere laziness

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and nothing more?

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There's actually a lot of overlap

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between laziness and burnout

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that can make it difficult to differentiate between the two.

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Burnout is a negative state of emotional,

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physical and mental exhaustion,

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caused by excessive stress and inability to cope with it.

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And as of 2010, a survey reported

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that approximately 75% of adults in the United States alone

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have experienced symptoms of burnout,

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with over 40% of cases being more severe.

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Now, more than ever, it's become imperative to educate

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and better understand the nature of burnout.

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So with that said, here are six telltale signs

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that what you're experiencing right now

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isn't actually laziness, but burnout.

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Number one, you feel disconnected from everything.

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Are you going through the motions of every day

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as if on autopilot?

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Is there a persistent feeling

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of being detached from your own self?

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If you're suffering from burnout,

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one of the things you might be experiencing,

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but don't quite realize or understand is depersonalization.

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People experiencing depersonalization,

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most commonly those struggling with trauma,

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report feeling strange sort of emotional numbness

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or emptiness as if they were watching life

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from outside of themselves.

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They don't feel like themselves anymore.

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They don't feel engaged by anything.

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And they constantly struggle with the overwhelming sense

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of helplessness and inability to take back control

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of their lives.

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Number two, you used to be motivated.

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Laziness is a character trait.

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And character traits tend to remain stable over time.

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A lazy person doesn't ever feel like exerting effort

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or applying themselves to things.

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But if you used to be self motivated and high achieving,

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often excelling in certain areas,

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and have only recently become exhausted,

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apathetic and unmotivated,

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then it's more likely that you're suffering from burnout

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and not laziness like most people would think.

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Number three, you used to be passionate.

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A clear difference between someone who's burnt out

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and someone who's lazy is that the former

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used to have things they were passionate about,

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but may now be struggling to find interest

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or enjoyment in anymore.

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Whether it's a talent, a sport,

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or just your academic,

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or professional performance in general,

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burnout can make it hard for you

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to do the things you once loved or felt passionate about.

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You might even come to hate or resent it

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because of how much you overworked yourself

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and pushed yourself to the brink because of it.

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Ouch.

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Number four, you've become moody and irritable.

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Do you suddenly find yourself snappy and easily irritated?

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Do you often feel emotionally out of control nowadays

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and don't know why?

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Moodiness and irritability are common,

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but often overlooked signs of burnout.

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So if you start to have trouble controlling your emotions,

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especially when it never used to be a problem for you,

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this might be the reason why.

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Lazy people on the other hand are a stark contrast to this,

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because they're often very relaxed, laid back,

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placid and unaffected by things.

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Number five, you've neglected your self-care.

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One of the most distressing warning signs

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that someone may be emotionally and physically burnt out

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is if you start neglecting yourself care

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and socially withdraw from others.

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There are concerning changes in your eating

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and/or sleeping patterns.

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You stop making an effort to groom yourself or look good,

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and you tend to spend most of your time

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by yourself doing nothing,

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because you're so easily exhausted

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by even the simplest of tasks.

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The difference between being burnt out and laziness

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are starkly in the fact that you weren't always this way.

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And number six, these changes happened gradually.

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Finally, but perhaps most importantly,

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something you should know about burnout

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is that it develops in stages.

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So all of the points mentioned before;

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losing interest and motivation,

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especially in things we used to love,

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feeling detached from yourself

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and disconnected from everything around you,

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socially withdrawing and neglecting your self-care,

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won't just happen overnight.

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Studies show that there are actually

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five major stages of burnout,

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each with increasing degrees of severity.

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The honeymoon phase, the onset of stress,

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chronic stress, burnout and habitual burnout.

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Many people begin to experience symptoms

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as early as the second phase,

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when there is still a moderate amount of stress,

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but optimism, interest, motivation and performance,

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may already start declining.

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And by the time you reach the fifth and final stage,

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burnout has already become so embedded in your life

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that the persistent mental and physical fatigue

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become more intense and harder to treat;

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making you more vulnerable

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to developing depression and anxiety.

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Spotting the signs of burnout early

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makes it all the more easier for you to get help

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and recover from it.

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That's why it's so important to raise awareness

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about burnout instead of simply dismissing it as laziness

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like most people tend to do.

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So if you are or anyone you know maybe suffering

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from mental or emotional burnout,

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please don't hesitate to reach out

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to a mental health care professional today

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and talk to them about it.

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