Comments on: Coping with Burnout (or how to stay aflame) http://strangelibrarian.org/2008/06/coping-with-burnout-or-how-to-stay-aflame/ playing in the waves since 1982 Tue, 03 Jan 2012 04:54:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Taylor http://strangelibrarian.org/2008/06/coping-with-burnout-or-how-to-stay-aflame/comment-page-1/#comment-1947 Taylor Wed, 25 Mar 2009 15:23:19 +0000 http://strangelibrarian.org/blog/?p=218#comment-1947 Commenting usually isnt my thing, but ive spent an hour on the site, so thanks for the info Commenting usually isnt my thing, but ive spent an hour on the site, so thanks for the info

]]> By: How Librarians Should Cope With Burnout…08.13.08 « The Proverbial Lone Wolf Librarian’s Weblog http://strangelibrarian.org/2008/06/coping-with-burnout-or-how-to-stay-aflame/comment-page-1/#comment-1674 How Librarians Should Cope With Burnout…08.13.08 « The Proverbial Lone Wolf Librarian’s Weblog Wed, 13 Aug 2008 21:27:24 +0000 http://strangelibrarian.org/blog/?p=218#comment-1674 [...] Julie on The Strange Librarian blog posted “Coping with Burnout (or how to stay aflame [http://strangelibrarian.org/blog/?p=218] which is excerpted [...] [...] Julie on The Strange Librarian blog posted “Coping with Burnout (or how to stay aflame [http://strangelibrarian.org/blog/?p=218] which is excerpted [...]

]]> By: Dr. Beverly Potter http://strangelibrarian.org/2008/06/coping-with-burnout-or-how-to-stay-aflame/comment-page-1/#comment-1673 Dr. Beverly Potter Wed, 13 Aug 2008 18:19:10 +0000 http://strangelibrarian.org/blog/?p=218#comment-1673 Stress and burnout are not the same. Burnout is a kind of job depression and is caused by feeling of powerlessness, not stress - tho it is stressful. Stress is a taxing of the body. Burnout is a motivational problem A person struggling with burnout is demotivated, dispirited, depressed - down. Whereas a highly stressed person may be highly enthusiastic - tho driving their body. Stress is the "fever" of burnout. As with pneumonia. A high fever must be reduced or there is a risk of brain damage - BUT once reduced the pneumonia is still there. Similarly with burnout - the stress must be reduced but reducing stress does not deal with the job situations rendering the person helpless. The person must develop a feeling of controllability. For considerable information on job burnout, the symptom and what to do to prevent it or turn it around - go to my site at docpotter.com. Stress and burnout are not the same. Burnout is a kind of job depression and is caused by feeling of powerlessness, not stress – tho it is stressful. Stress is a taxing of the body.

Burnout is a motivational problem A person struggling with burnout is demotivated, dispirited, depressed – down. Whereas a highly stressed person may be highly enthusiastic – tho driving their body.

Stress is the “fever” of burnout. As with pneumonia. A high fever must be reduced or there is a risk of brain damage – BUT once reduced the pneumonia is still there. Similarly with burnout – the stress must be reduced but reducing stress does not deal with the job situations rendering the person helpless. The person must develop a feeling of controllability.

For considerable information on job burnout, the symptom and what to do to prevent it or turn it around – go to my site at docpotter.com.

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