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First up: it’s important to know that burnout is common, and nothing about it is shameful.
It can be a debilitating condition, and recovery can be hard work. But you don’t have to do it all on your own!
If you are currently experiencing serious distress (or if someone you know is), you can telephone one of these numbers for services that provide emergency mental health telephone support, wherever you are in the world.
Below are several resources that may be helpful if YOU are struggling with burnout:
- Guidance on dealing with burnout from the Black Dog Institute.
- More guidance on dealing with burnout from BeyondBlue.
- Help for people under 25 with identifying and dealing with burnout from ReachOut.
- Suggestions for neurodiverse people experiencing burnout from YoungMinds.
- Advice on managing mental health from BeyondBlue.
- Talk to other people who have experienced burnout by joining a support group or finding an online forum (e.g., the BeyondBlue online forum system).
- My discussion about early warning signs of burnout with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s Lisa Leong and BeyondBlue‘s Luke Martin for ABC Radio National’s This Working Life.
- My two-part interview with Chis Wilson about obstacles to burnout recovery (and how to overcome them) for the podcast Share, Inspire, and Explore, available both in audio (Part 1 / Part 2) and video (Part 1 / Part 2) format.
Here are some resources that may be useful for PROFESSIONALS working in this space:
- READ BEFORE BURNING, my newsletter about burnout and how to manage it.
- Mind on the Job podcast episode Burnout & Wellbeing at Work featuring burnout expert Professor Michael Leiter.
- My conversation about managing burnout in the workplace with FlourishDX directors and Psych Health and Safety hosts Jason van Schie and Joelle Mitchell.
- My interview with Dr Bronwyn Milkins about supporting clients who live with burnout, for the podcast Mental Work (pending).
- Practices to help people recover from burnout from PositivePsychology.com (a learning resource site for mental health practitioners).
