{"id":7501,"date":"2019-02-04T20:45:38","date_gmt":"2019-02-04T19:45:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.teleforwarding.com\/?p=7501"},"modified":"2022-07-07T14:20:10","modified_gmt":"2022-07-07T12:20:10","slug":"burnout-workplace-stress-introduction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.teleforwarding.com\/blog\/burnout-workplace-stress-introduction\/","title":{"rendered":"Stress and Mental Health – An Introduction"},"content":{"rendered":"
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It\u2019s no secret that as we push towards our career goals, some of us spend far too much time focused on our work and not enough time focused on ourselves.<\/p>\n
In recent years, stress and burnout have become more and more critical health issues, leading to serious illness<\/a> and sick leave. Work related stress is especially (but not only) problematic for those who are in the beginning<\/a> of their careers, trying to make a name for themselves and prove to their superiors that they are worth this promotion or that corner office. They deal with great amounts of workplace stress without knowing how to cope with stress at work, leading to strong physical and mental exhaustion.<\/p>\n Among the main burnout symptoms, the most prevalent and subtle are the ones we deal with every day and associate with regular work-related stress. Therefore, the symptoms of burnout syndrome are the same as the work stress symptoms. According to Psychology Today<\/a>, the telltale most important burnout and stress symptoms are:<\/p>\n The causes of stress in the workplace are more diverse than one would expect. Next to individual personality characteristics (such as perfectionism or poor stress management strategies), a company\u2019s poor organisational structures play an important role in producing work related stress. According to the consulting company Gallup\u2019s study<\/a>, the 5 main causes of stress at work are:<\/p>\nWhat are the main symptoms of burnout syndrome?<\/h2>\n
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What are the causes of burnout due to work stress?<\/h2>\n
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How to deal with stress at work?<\/h2>\n