I have recently been seeing many more clients strugging with burnout and it is often something that can be mistaken for anxiety.

Burnout is work-related stress and exhaustion. Symptoms are feeling overwhelmed, vulnerable and a sense of reduced accomplishment doing something that was once easily achievable. It creates feelings of self-doubt and fear and it is not something that will go away by itself – in fact if it can worsen without help. If you ignore the signs of burnout, it can drastically affect your mental and physical health.

One of my clients used an interesting analogy recently – he said he was once a new powerful car that was able to go anywhere and do anything, including race up some pretty big hills. Now that car is chugging and stalling. When he puts his foot on the “accelerator pedal”, there is nothing there! The once familiar drive has deserted him and it creates real vulnerability and introspection.

No amount of thrashing that accelerator pedal will help. It is almost like you have fallen down a rabbit hole and you are now in a place that looks familiar, but your previous ways of motoring about just don’t work any more and that feels scary.

I am often listening to clients saying “I need to get back to my old self, get my mojo back.” The reality is that they need to accept that things have changed. There is no getting back to the “old you”, there is now a “new you” and hypnotherapy can help you to adapt and learn to navigate your landscape once again.

What is burnout?

In 2019 Burnout was recognised by the World Health Organisation as an “occupational phenomenon”. With the pandemic, work and home life has become blurred. People are now working longer hours with demands, pressure and lack of social interaction. All of this has had a detrimental impact on overall wellbeing.  Life can feel like it is beginning to unravel and it becomes harder to hold things together.

How can Hypnotherapy help with burnout?

Hypnotherapy is an effective and fast way to get your engine going again. It will enable you to clear your mind of what you used to do, change negative thought patterns and focus on what you can achieve now to get your life back on a new track that will work for you.

So, if any of this resonates and you are feeling helpless, trapped, detached, procrastinating and struggling to sleep, then do please get in touch for an online appointment with me.