Causes of burnout

Contributing factors include work,lifestyle and certain personality traits. What you do outside working hours and how you look at the world can play as big a part as more obvious causes.

Work-related causes of burnout

• Feeling like you have little or no control over your work.
• Lack of recognition or rewards for good work.
• Unclear or overly demanding job expectations.
• Doing work that's monotonous or unchallenging.
• Working in a chaotic or high-pressure environment.

Lifestyle causes of burnout

• Working too much without enough time for relaxing and socializing.
• Being expected to be too many things to too many people.
• Taking on too many responsibilities without enough help from others.
• Not getting enough sleep.
• Lack of close, supportive relationships

Personality traits that can contribute to burnout

• Perfectionist tendencies - nothing is ever good enough.
• Pessimistic view of yourself and the world.
• The need to be in control - reluctance to delegate to others.
• High-achiever.