Prevention Social environment
A very important prevention against the burnout syndrome is the social environment. It is not important whether it is your life partner, your children or your good friends, what is important is that it is about people you value and with whom you can spend time without them demanding more from you. A relaxed evening with your partner or a fun evening with friends, all this is part of the prevention of the burnout syndrome.
A dinner with colleagues who compete with you is not one of them and should be kept to a minimum. The social environment is generally very important and a very important prevention against the Burnout Syndrome, but you should still make sure that the people you love or like to have do not demand too much from you, otherwise the social environment can quickly become a burnout trap and only accelerate the burnout. Therefore it is important to always talk openly with each other, because open communication and the admission of weaknesses or problems is also an important prevention of burnout.
The social environment is very important, but every friend should understand if you don’t want to go to a party with him or her, but prefer to spend the evening on the couch, because you are too exhausted from the long day. Again, listening to your own body is the best prevention against the burnout syndrome. At the same time, you should make sure that you enjoy life and have a lot of fun, and that usually works better with friends than alone.
Prevention Take time
Another very important prevention against the burnout syndrome is to take your time. This applies to every area in life. Instead of jumping into the shower quickly in the morning, you can also take a full bath in the evening and listen to relaxing music.
Instead of getting your coffee-to-go quickly at the kiosk, you can also sit down in a café for 10 minutes and maybe even enjoy a piece of cake with it. Many patients find it very difficult to take their time, but it is nevertheless one of the most important preventative measures against burnout. It is also important not to be constantly on call during the time you are taking and perhaps just turn off your mobile phone for two or three hours.
Taking time for things that relax you and make you have fun is a very important prevention against burnout and should definitely be taken seriously. It is also important to ask yourself again and again what is really important in life. Do you really want to work seven days a week without seeing family, friends or acquaintances? An honest assessment of your own ideas and above all the knowledge that you cannot reconcile everything with each other are therefore also an important prevention against burnout.
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