EXERCISE 2: DISCUSSION
1. Has anyone experience burnout?
2. If yes, what were the circumstances? (if you are comfortable sharing)
3. How did you manage burnout?
4. What situations are more likely to be times when burnout is a possibility?
5. How can people prevent burnout?
EXERCISE 3: ACTIVITY RATE YOUR STRESS LEVEL HANDOUT # 1
This test was developed by Dr Thomas H. Holmes, Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences at the University of Washington School of Medicine. To take the test, check any of the events that have occurred within your life in the past 12 months. Your total score measures the amount of stress you have been subjected to in the one-year period. Because of the relationship between stress and physical illness, the total score can be used to predict your chances of suffering serious illness within the next two years. For example, a total score of less than 150 means you have only a 37% chance of becoming ill within two years. If your score is between 150 and 300, you have a 51% chance of poor health. If your total score is greater than 300, the odds are 80% that you will become sick and as the score increases, so do the odds that the problem will be a serious one.
A word of caution. The total scores do not guarantee illness in two years. It is saying that there is a chance of becoming ill because of your stress levels.
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