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Pandemic Burnout

arfie
arfie

I first read this term yesterday in another forum here on DS. It was new to me, but it turns out the phrase has been floating on the outer edges of digital media for months now. Methinks it fits both sides of the masked divide. Whichever side you have placed your faith in, whatever your reasons for the placement of your faith, most of us are exhausted and ready for a change of venue.


https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/06/burnout-medical-condition-pandemic/619321/


Thoughts? Opines? Deeply considered and scientifically supported political rants?

rmb
rmb
Totally agree.

Honestly now I’m at the point that most of my burn out is specific to the ranting, all sides.
arfie
arfie
Amen. Enough ranting, already. Whether you fear the unseen world of microbes or the human history of tyranny or something else, entirely, the pandemic struggle remains, but I'm shooting for simple respect for the diversity of of the divisions. You believe what you believe. No need to force your chosen dogma on anybody else, however scientifically justified.

However, I'm intrigued by speculation that "Burnout" ought to be declared an official medical dx. I thought my tech burnout was *just* a figure of speech.
rmb
rmb
In my opinion yes burnout affects our health and mental well being. But so does poverty, loneliness, joblessness, family conflict etc. so to carve out a specific medical diagnosis code for pandemic burnout seems a bit much in my mind. It actually almost seems like another means for providers to bill for services since all billing requires a specific dx code.

“Burnout” seems subjective.
arfie
arfie
I agree that identifying the psycho ticks for the current global yaddah blahs is going to take allot of time and research. For now, I am reserving the right to be skeptical of the expertise on historically unprecedented events. Show me your bibliography.

But. . . long before the Corona crowning, I've experienced burnout first hand, both career and domestic, and blew it off in very similar manner to how I blew off my PTSD, etc. This and several other articles have me wondering. . .

Just wondering. . . Research in progress.
rmb
rmb
Oh yeah, I’m going through serious job burnout at the moment coupled with job disillusionment. It’s been going on for a while and I’ve just kept plowing ahead ignoring it and now it is catching up with me… anxiety, fatigue, grumpiness, etc. Although I just had a wellness exam and physically I’m doing great, haha!

What I am on the fence about is whether burnout is the symptom or the disease.
arfie
arfie
Symptom or disease, it be a force of nature which will claim its reckoning.
rmb
rmb
It sure will.
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