Many workers return to their old job after a burn-out

Working after the burn-out: Many return to their old job
Due to the increasing workload, more and more people experience a crisis of exhaustion, which forces them to take time off. When the forces return, most want to work again. Many return to their old job after a burnout.

Turning professional life after burn-out
Stress, excessive demands, existential fears or permanent conflicts in the workplace: More and more people are suffering from a so-called burn-out syndrome. Actually, one should think that those affected after a recovery to change their professional life and do everything very differently. In fact, most of them return to their old jobs.

People with a burn-out are often advised to also change something in their professional lives. But many sufferers return to their old job after a break. (Image: Rido / fotolia.com)

Constant stress and long hours
For many workers, long-term stress and long hours are often a huge burden. Many feel burned out. The excessive demand often leads to a fatigue syndrome.

Such a burn-out can have serious consequences, such as depression, an addiction or an attack.

In addition, physical illnesses such as high blood pressure, tinnitus or a chronic pain syndrome can occur in the case of a longer-term stress burden.

Live healthier and relax
There is no standard therapy for the burn-out syndrome. Often, sufferers are advised to psychotherapy. In exceptional cases, medicines are also used.

In general, all people with a burn-out are advised to live healthier lives. That means: sleep well, move regularly, eat a well-balanced diet and take time out again and again.

Targeted relaxation is helpful, for example through yoga, autogenic training or progressive muscle relaxation.

In addition, those affected should check their own expectations, put as little pressure on themselves as possible and try to change their work situation. The latter does not happen so often.

Gradual reintegration
According to a news agency dpa, many return to their old job after a burn-out. The reintegration is therefore usually starting gradually - the staff first return for a few hours or a half a day and then for longer.

As the journal "Psychology Today" (April / 2017 issue) reports, it becomes clear again and again that patients are not yet ready to return to work.

Many would realize this by imagining their energy as a battery: is it charged or in the red? According to the report, most patients have a very good sense of their battery status. (Ad)