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What is it?
Have you ever been studying or working really hard for school, and then you start to not bother over time? In the end, you feel like you are hopeless and resentful. It happens quite commonly in students today.
Study burnout is when are emotional and physically push yourself to the limit and collapse.
Stages of burnout
1. You are feeling some stress, mental exhaustion and have a desire to prove yourself, achieve unrealistic goals and push yourself harder.
2. Your own needs are beginning to be neglected (e.g. sleep and social interaction)
3. Families and friends are being dismissed, and work is the only focus. You begin withdrawing furthermore from society.
4. Feelings of emptiness start to set in, and so does depression
5. The stress and anxiety result in physical and mental collapse as the person is not able to work
6. No care or interest is felt towards school
What are some symptoms
Mental exhaustion – You may start to get headaches and stop absorbing information
Declines in performance – This is when your results start going downhill, despite you putting in more effort
No motivation - The student, AKA YOU, stops caring about school and study. You dread the thought of going to school
Behavioural changes – this may range from isolation, turning late to school, procrastinating more than often
Feeling hopeless and cynical – You may feel hopeless or do not find enjoyment in life and work. Everything you do is worthless and inadequate.
Why does it occur?
Some common reasons that this phenomenon occurs is overworking, unachievable goals and lack of boundaries
Overworking – This is when the individual partakes in more study/work than required. Studying hard is a good thing, but when you study and work too hard, you don’t let the body physically and mentally recuperate. Your mind and body is like car engine… when you run it too hard, it will blow up.
Unachievable goals – When individuals set unachievable goals, such as obtaining 100% in every exam / assignment and getting 99.95 ATAR (Using these as random examples), they strive to do everything in their efforts to reach it. If it isn’t reached after a long period, they may give up.
Lack of boundaries – Individuals may not set boundaries for the length of their study and/or their mental sessions. Over short periods of time, this is fine but over long periods, you (the student) will perceive that “all I do is study”. Furthermore, the effectiveness and efficiency of your study will decrease, and it will take longer to do simple tasks.
Preventing burnout
Setting boundaries - By setting boundaries, I mean set limits on study and work. The body needs time to replenish mental and physical resources. For example “After 3 hours I will stop revision” or “After I have done study for 3 subjects I will do no more”.
Have a work/life balance – By this, I mean to not just pursue grades at high school or get away with too much relaxing (too much of anything is bad), but to have a balance of study and relaxation/non school related activities). Focusing too much on one thing and an improper balance will result in the neglect of our personal lives and relationships.
Social support – Having social support such as family and friends is highly effective as it reduces stress in the individual’s life. Furthermore having a social support allows you to have a good rant and feel supported!
Identify and control stress – Identify if you are stressed out (do you have the symptoms) and manage it in the healthiest way possible. Have fun! GO out! Socialise! Exercise!
*Thanks to rumble and enoilgam for the corrections
What is it?
Have you ever been studying or working really hard for school, and then you start to not bother over time? In the end, you feel like you are hopeless and resentful. It happens quite commonly in students today.
Study burnout is when are emotional and physically push yourself to the limit and collapse.
Stages of burnout
1. You are feeling some stress, mental exhaustion and have a desire to prove yourself, achieve unrealistic goals and push yourself harder.
2. Your own needs are beginning to be neglected (e.g. sleep and social interaction)
3. Families and friends are being dismissed, and work is the only focus. You begin withdrawing furthermore from society.
4. Feelings of emptiness start to set in, and so does depression
5. The stress and anxiety result in physical and mental collapse as the person is not able to work
6. No care or interest is felt towards school
What are some symptoms
Mental exhaustion – You may start to get headaches and stop absorbing information
Declines in performance – This is when your results start going downhill, despite you putting in more effort
No motivation - The student, AKA YOU, stops caring about school and study. You dread the thought of going to school
Behavioural changes – this may range from isolation, turning late to school, procrastinating more than often
Feeling hopeless and cynical – You may feel hopeless or do not find enjoyment in life and work. Everything you do is worthless and inadequate.
Why does it occur?
Some common reasons that this phenomenon occurs is overworking, unachievable goals and lack of boundaries
Overworking – This is when the individual partakes in more study/work than required. Studying hard is a good thing, but when you study and work too hard, you don’t let the body physically and mentally recuperate. Your mind and body is like car engine… when you run it too hard, it will blow up.
Unachievable goals – When individuals set unachievable goals, such as obtaining 100% in every exam / assignment and getting 99.95 ATAR (Using these as random examples), they strive to do everything in their efforts to reach it. If it isn’t reached after a long period, they may give up.
Lack of boundaries – Individuals may not set boundaries for the length of their study and/or their mental sessions. Over short periods of time, this is fine but over long periods, you (the student) will perceive that “all I do is study”. Furthermore, the effectiveness and efficiency of your study will decrease, and it will take longer to do simple tasks.
Preventing burnout
Setting boundaries - By setting boundaries, I mean set limits on study and work. The body needs time to replenish mental and physical resources. For example “After 3 hours I will stop revision” or “After I have done study for 3 subjects I will do no more”.
Have a work/life balance – By this, I mean to not just pursue grades at high school or get away with too much relaxing (too much of anything is bad), but to have a balance of study and relaxation/non school related activities). Focusing too much on one thing and an improper balance will result in the neglect of our personal lives and relationships.
Social support – Having social support such as family and friends is highly effective as it reduces stress in the individual’s life. Furthermore having a social support allows you to have a good rant and feel supported!
Identify and control stress – Identify if you are stressed out (do you have the symptoms) and manage it in the healthiest way possible. Have fun! GO out! Socialise! Exercise!
*Thanks to rumble and enoilgam for the corrections
