The alarm goes off. You check your phone and see that work emails are already building up. You need to get the children off to school, but there’s a Whatsapp message from your boss that needs an urgent response. The latest news on the radio is grim and you’re back working from home, so you’ll be alone with your thoughts and your deadlines all day. It’s only 7am, but you already feel overwhelmed — and you’re certainly not alone. A growing number of mental health experts believe that we are at serious risk of mental burnout.
Burnout is generally recognised by the World Health Organisation as a work-related phenomenon, but, says Siobhán Murray, a psychotherapist (twistingthejar.com) and the author of The Burnout Solution
