In honour of Stress Awareness Day, HELLO! spoke to therapist Abby Rawlinson about how to notice the symptoms of stress and burnout - plus, we tapped her for her tips to manage the two
' everywhere at the moment, with our hectic work lives and never-ending to-do lists at home causing us to feel seriously frazzled. But are we all in the throes of burnout, or are we stressed?. "Burnout isn’t the same as stress," she says. "It may be the result of chronic stress, but it’s not the same thing.
But Abby said the increase in clients with burnout could also be down to blurred home and work life boundaries, an increasing awareness of mental health in the workplace, or simply high expectations, intrusive technology and a 'hustle' culture at work.Why is it important to know the difference between stress and burnout?
"If these stressors exceed your capacity to cope with them, your bucket overflows, resulting in the symptoms of stress.
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