Pandemic: The perfect ‘cocktail’ for burnout and stress
BACP member Michelle Seabrook explores how the unrelenting uncertainty surrounding the pandemic and its impact on workplace pressures has led to high levels of burnout amongst workers.
In the article Michelle looks at how this ‘recipe’ for stress has been escalated by remote working, sometimes increased workloads and no sense of when it will end. She argues that stress can often be coped with better when it has a defined end-point. The pandemic has impacted the whole of our lives, not just our work, but that this in turn is something that can impact our ability to cope with work, be that in a paid role or as a student or homemaker.
Check out the article here for a further exploration of the topic.
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Some people experience self harm as a way to express overwhelming thoughts and feelings where these are hard to put into words, almost as though the pain is being transferred from emotional to physical pain. For some it is linked to feelings of low self-esteem, for others perhaps it may be a response to trauma for example. But the thoughts and feelings behind self harm are unique to the individual just as different methods of self-harm are varied. Cutting yourself for example is often associated with self harm but more subtle forms of harming your body, such as deliberately getting into fights, may also find their roots in a desire to self harm.
Feelings and thoughts regarding suicide can be on a wide spectrum. So just because someone is feeling or thinking about this does not necessarily mean it’s something they will go on to do. Some people have these thoughts as a response to an overwhelming situation. You aren’t alone as many people have thoughts about suicide at some point in their life. Others will have less abstract thoughts about ending their life and more serious thoughts about suicide including thinking and planning the specifics of how they might carry out the act of committing suicide.
