In one way or another, you have heard about burnout when one of your colleagues complains about how burnt out they are, especially with the never-ending work they still bring beyond office hours.
From ‘A career change saved my life’: the people who built better lives after burnout:
Burnout is the name given to the host of symptoms caused by an overwhelming, stressful environment – including fatigue, muscle aches, headaches and stomach issues, as well as psychological effects such as listlessness and loss of motivation.
And from the same article, burnout is described as the “cumulative result of unresolved and chronic stress,” and is classified into three main types:
- frenetic burnout — a state of being overworked and overloaded
- boreout — a state where you are consistently underchallenged and underworked
- worn-out burnout — being ground down: “People have low amounts of energy, and feel exhausted on an emotional, physical and social level.”
So yes, being underchallended and underworked also poses the same concerns with being overworked and overloaded. As the clinical psychologist Dr Roberta Babb (from the article) says, “It may seem counterintuitive but we need a certain amount of stimulation in our daily work and lives in order to perform and feel satisfied.”
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