Burnout comes when the reality of life is less than our
expectations. And it has become a common psychological
problem.
School teachers and full-time housewives with children
at home are among the (1) ______ groups likely to suffer (1) ______
from burnout. The symptoms of the condition were first
noticed among human service agency workers but the
condition affects (2) ______ to a degree. (2) ______
The symptoms of burnout can be divided into three
stages. First is confusion. The worker may sometimes have
a cold or chronic (3) ______. He may seem to lose his sense (3) ______
of humor and many things running through his mind
(4) ______ in a discussion. Cocoon phenomenon begins (4) ______
in the stage of (5) ______ burnout which is characterized (5) ______
by more illness and absent. In that stage workers
may have gray faces from 3 p.m. in the office until five
accompanying a lot of (6) ______. It is the result of (6) ______
people (7) ______ their lives. The third stage is termed (7) ______
despair. There is depression and an increase in drinking
and risk-taking. The person tends to pull into a shell, which
means he minimizes work and (8) ______ as much (8) ______
as possible.
Although burnout is mainly work-related, it can occur
in any of the multiple (9) ______ most people perform. (9) ______
People can learn some strategies to improve their skills at
doing something about it. One of them is called (10) ______ (10) ______
strategy which is frequently used.