Signs and Causes of Burnout and Secondary Trauma

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Video by Dr. Dawn Elise Snipes on integrative behavioral health approaches including counseling techniques and skills for improving mental health and reducing mental illness.

Chapters:
00:00:00 - Why Burnout and Trauma Must Be Examined Together
00:03:14 - Understanding Burnout and its Connection to Pacer Dysregulation
00:06:38 - Glucocorticoid Resistance and Burnout Signs
00:09:32 - Addressing HPA Axis Dysregulation and Early Signs of Burnout
00:12:45 - Physical and Emotional Symptoms of Burnout
00:15:58 - Signs of Burnout and How to Address Them
00:19:06 - Relationship deterioration and burnout vs PTSD and complex PTSD
00:22:17 - Burnout, PTSD, and Trauma Exposure: Understanding the Overlap and Impact on Those Affected
00:25:24 - Trauma, Burnout, and the Four S's
00:28:59 - Availability of Social Support in Traumatic Situations and Burnout Prevention in the Work Environment
00:32:18 - Work-Related Contributors to Burnout
00:35:34 - Work-related factors contributing to burnout
00:38:31 - Contributors to Burnout: Work-Life Imbalance and Poor Work-Person Fit
00:41:38 - Managing Pain, Nutrition, and Substance Use to Mitigate Burnout and Mood Disorders
00:44:46 - Contributors to Burnout: Trauma, Environment, and Relationships
00:47:58 - Contributing Factors to Burnout and Interventions to Manage It
00:51:04 - Tips for Working Smarter, Not Harder: The Squeegee Breath and other Techniques
00:54:01 - Moving towards a rich and meaningful life through purposeful energy use and development of tools and skills
00:56:49 - Developing Resiliency through Vulnerability Prevention and Mitigation
00:59:58 - Tips for Avoiding Burnout at Work and Home

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[TheAdhdGardener]

Damn so thats what I experienced🤔 burnout when I was in nursing. The dread of going to work the high anxiety every shift was so overwhelming. Makes sense why I had a MS relapse then

[RoadRunnergarage]

No happiness with model cars anymore... The saddest thing is that when I used to build model cars and I built one and it came out well. I felt so happy and I had a great sense of accomplishment.. so that great feeling is long gone . Sad 😭...

[CynthiaSchoenbauer]

It is almost as if you are talking me out of my trauma of burnout. I feel you are talking about me. The trauma is like a haze over me and I see a bit of how it can be lifted and is lifting as you talk. I am beginning to see it as a "residue" of memory of complete and utter non-care for me while extreme pressure is put on me that I could not perform adequately. They called me "overly conscientious" when I showed the stress response as a teen. Thank you for being almost "psychic" about what the problem is and then it is like just mentioning it makes it go away. This, I need to be clear, is an ongoing process of identification with what you are talking about. "Care" is an important concept for me. I gave care (forced beyond my control), but I never got it... (like Cinderella). That I can care for myself or even that I need it is almost a matter of being shown how by a bit of modeling of it. I missed the part in early life where someone cares about and for me.... I don't know how to do it at all. It's like I am missing a part of my identity that would be there because of caring. But you give me glimpses of it. Bless you! It seems that when people tell you to do something for yourself, they are demonstrating that "strange" thing called caring.

[michaelbuchanan]

I really appreciate your information and hard work ms. Snipes. Very insightful and provides a sense of hope and comfort.

[seankelly]

Unfortunately it's the way of how the modern day work force operates....I am so burned out and suffer from the areas for which you mentioned in this video.

[tmking]

I got my cptsd from doctors_ waking up in surgery, no walker so I fell and now can't walk, cracked my ribs taking lung biopsy, gave me apixican ( I'm 83) so bleed out, needed 4 pints of blood after a month it's a slow bleed. Put me on gabapentin so I would regress to childhood and only speak German my childhood language. I don't think health care professionals are conscious most of the time_ they are burned out and abusing people in their care-

[wrightdavid]

Thankyou Doc. Snipes
Listening to your podcasts has enriched my recovery extensively. 🙏 😊

[samuelfoston]

Wow… so, I went through a traumatic event a few years ago which completely disrupted my life.
I have worked hard and rebuilt, but it hasn’t been easy with lockdowns and global financial crises to contend with.
Anyway, I have been describing feeling like my nervous system was disordered but not my psychology. By this I mean I felt physical symptoms of stress but I could understand it as my perspective on life has improved so much.

I had been considering (whilst on a waiting list for some more therapy) that is was linked to my ptsd, but I hadn’t linked it to burn out.

I have been pushing myself a lot and still have some tough challenges to deal with in life; burn out makes complete sense of how I feel and why it seems to be affecting my body rather than my psychology (which is what’s caused my confusion right now).

I never knew (although it makes complete sense) that as a trauma survivor I may be more susceptible to burn out.

Whoop! Today’s a good day

[elanahammer]

Dr. Snipes, sending love in humanity for your presentation. I appreciate your work. This was so helpful. Thank you 🤔❤🇺🇸

[dddamaged]

Interesting, HPA axis on to long. HPA axis was 1 of the things I thought my symptoms were coming from. After 3 years diagnosed with fibromyalgia. Mtbi with brain bleed and concussion. Never recovered, felt like it worse over the 5 years.
Thank you for your great discussions/study.

[dorotabrown]

Hello Dr. Wonderful ❤️
Love your videos,
Thank you for those lessons ❤

[yasisoufi]

I lost my boyfriend in a mass shooting. Living in United States shooting is so common and is my trigger. How can I prevent getting triggered every time it happens? I tried to put my trauma into positive action and helped other people like me, I tried to help regulate gun ownership and gun laws and universal background checks. I have been to therapy. Please I am open to any new suggestions but meditation. I practice breathing, talking to friends, music and art therapy to switch my focus from this repetitive catastrophe in the States.

[couldbedreaming]

How on earth are stay at home parents excluded from having burnout? How on earth is anyone excluded from a diagnosis based on occupation if they have all the symptoms? Look at the work-related contributors, excessive workload, emotionally draining, high risk, lack of support, lack of resources, lack of rewards, unclear, ever-changing requirements, severe consequences of mistakes, work/life (rest) imbalance, poor work/person fit, frequent schedule changes… uuummm, hello?! Look at the PACER contibutors.. sleep disruption much? You say at some point early in the video that being a stay at home parent is a job, but that’s it, a brief acknowledgment with no teeth. Students are included, carers are included. Why the heck are parents excluded?

[AlanChambers]

In Acts 8:1 and 9:1, we read that Saul (later Paul) consented to the death of Stephen, the first church martyr, and the persecution and slaughter of others. I wonder after his conversion what types of trauma symptoms he may have had remembering all the people he had put to death. The movie Paul the Apostle of Christ did a good job of depicting what may have happened such as nightmares and intrusive thoughts.

[spookkybeemee]

So burnout can't apply to motherhood?

[RoadRunnergarage]

I've decided I'm burnt out on my model car hobby... I'm really sad 😭 about it but I know that model car building is no longer enjoyable and it does no favors for my blood pressure...

[RoadRunnergarage]

Model Car Building is a poor hobby for a perfectionist like myself...

[boddyxpolitic]

Dr. Dawn I think you pulled the ole psycology trick on me by classically conditioning my brain with your beauty 😍

[RoadRunnergarage]

Model Car Building is not an ideal hobby for a Traumatic Brain Injury survivor like myself .. Does anyone have any ideas for hobbies for a Traumatic Brain Injury Survivor like myself that I might get Burny out at??