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Stress can build up and its effects can be devastating. Liggy Webb looks at identifying the warning signs of burnout and how to take action


Looking after your mental wellbeing


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e are living in a busy age. Everyday pressures can build up and affect your stress levels and


mental health without you being aware that it is even happening. This is especially true for people who have high-pressure roles. Burnout can be insidious and have a detrimental effect. Burnout essentially is a state of emotional, physical and mental exhaustion caused by excessive and prolonged stress. It occurs when people feel overwhelmed, emotionally drained and unable to meet constant demands. While elevated stress isn’t a mental health problem in itself, it can often lead to anxiety and depression, as well as causing physical health issues, such as cardiovascular disease and joint and muscle problems.


How does stress affect you? Understanding your own relationship


with stress is fundamental in terms of your personal wellbeing.


What are your stress triggers? Stress management starts with


identifying your sources of stress and developing strategies in order to manage them better. Lack of control, interruptions, frustration with technology, an overwhelming to-do list, changing priorities, information overload and other people’s behaviour are all common triggers. A constructive way to identify your triggers is to make a list of the situations, concerns


or challenges that activate your stress response. Take time to identify and write


down some of the top issues you are experiencing in your life right now. You may notice that some of your stressors are events that are actually happening to you, while others may be your mind creating scenarios before they have actually happened.


What happens to you? Too much stress in the body


can trigger a range of physical and psychological responses. Everyone is unique and stress affects people in different ways – palpitations, headaches,


“Take time to identify and write down some of the top issues you are experiencing in your life right now”


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