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Grassroots with passion
Dany Alfian from Grassroots’ Toastmasters Club shares more about the signs and dangers of burning out. Back to the Grind? Think Again After dragging yourself out of bed, it’s a struggle to commute to work. Toiling away in your cubicle, it’s a never-ending chore to clear your inbox. Droning away until your shift ends, it’s another fruitless work day. The cycle continues.
Sound familiar? This is an everyday reality of being burned out.
Identifying the signs
Facingwork-related stress is inevitable but there is a point where it can spiral out of control. This is when burnout occurs, when work-related stress is not properly managed. According to the World Health Organisation, there are three common symptoms:
• Feeling exhausted all the time • Showing a lack of care to one’s job • Being less productive at work
Stressful Singapore
If you’re still unsure, the four questions below, devised as part of the United Kingdom Practitioner Health Programme in 2017, may help.
Singapore workers are prone to burnouts as we are one of the most stressed and sleep-deprived populations in the world. According to a survey from health services company Cigna in 2019: • 92% of Singaporeans surveyed were stressed fromwork, higher than the global average of 84% • 1 in 8 Singaporeans consider their stress unmanageable According to a survey from Phillips in 2019: • Singaporeans have a lower sleep hours of 6.3 on weekdays than the global average of 6.8. Weekends are much worse, with 6.7 and 7.8 hours for Singapore and the global average respectively • 61% of Singaporean respondents blame their lack of sleep to worry or stress, higher than the global average of 54%
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Has anyone close to you asked you to cut down on your work? In recent months have you become angry or resentful about your work or about colleagues, clients or patients? Do you feel guilty that you are not spending enough time with your friends, family or even yourself? Do you find yourself becoming increasingly emotional (for example, crying, getting angry, shouting, or feeling tense) for no obvious reason?
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