On this episode of Overcoming Distractions, we discuss burnout and its effects on the body.
When people are truly burned out, in most cases that causes trauma within the body. And that trauma can come in all types of forms. When burnout is not addressed, it can take a person years to recover.
Burnout is also becoming far more complex. For example, not all burnout is rooted in the workplace. You may have caregiving responsibilities which are adding to your chronic stress.
So let’s get into what burnout does to you as a human.
The guest on this episode is Clinical Psychologist Dr. Claire Plumbly …author of….THE TRAUMA OF BURNOUT: How to Manage Your Nervous System Before It Manages You.
First, Dr. Plumbly talks with Dave to clarify the differences between stress and burnout. The term burnout seems to be thrown around a little too loosely lately. Burnout is chronic stress unaddressed.
Chronic stress leads to burnout. Dr. Plumbly discusses what chronic stress does to our bodies and nervous systems.
Dr. Plumbly also discusses with Dave the various modes of burnout including the red mode and the green mode. Why most of us shut down when we are burned out and how to soothe the nervous system into green mode as she explains.
She also explains the polyvagal theory of the nervous system. Understanding this can help us recover from burnout more effectively.
Learn more about Dr. Clair Plumbly here as well as finding her book: https://www.drclaireplumbly.com/