Ξέρω ότι ξέρεις τι εννοώ μοναδικέ μου αναγνώστη. Νιώθω τα μάτια σου να διαβάζουν τις λέξεις μου με αργούς ρυθμούς, κουρασμένα και κόκκινα… Το επιστημονικό μας θέμα σήμερα είναι η κούραση. Η κούραση με τη δουλειά, με τους ανθρώπους, με το ανθρώπινο είδος, με όλα.
Burnout is a psychological term for the experience of long-term exhaustion and diminished interest (depersonalization or cynicism), usually in the work context. It is also used as an English slang term to mean exhaustion. Burnout is often construed as the result of a period of expending too much effort at work while having too little recovery, but it is sometimes argued that workers with particular personality traits (especially neuroticism) are more prone to experiencing burnout. Further, it appears that researchers disagree about the nature of burnout. While many researchers argue that burnout refers exclusively to a work-related syndrome of exhaustion and depersonalization/cynicism, others feel that burnout is a special case of the more general clinical depression or just a form of extreme fatigue/exhaustion (thus omitting the cynicism component).
Compassion fatigue, also known as a Secondary Traumatic Stress Disorder, is a term that refers to a gradual lessening of compassion over time. It is common among victims of trauma and individuals that work directly with victims of trauma. It was first diagnosed in nurses in the 1950’s.
Sufferers can exhibit several symptoms including hopelessness, a decrease in experiences of pleasure, constant stress and anxiety, and a pervasive negative attitude. This can have detrimental effects on individuals, both professionally and personally, including a decrease in productivity, the inability to focus, and the development of new feelings of incompetency and self doubt.
The media has been blamed for causing wide spread compassion fatigue in society. Proponents argue that the media’s saturation of images and stories of suffering has caused the public to become cynical, or become resistant to helping. They cite preliminary scientific research which is showing that visual images affect brain activity in demonstrable and measurable ways.
Ωραία ε;
(Ομολογώ πως για πρώτη φορά στη ζωή μου νιώθω πως έχω φτάσει στο όριο, σωματικά και ψυχολογικά. Με κάνει να νιώθω κομμάτι άχρηστη.)
Αφιερωμένο στους μπερναουτιασμένους και φατιγκιασμένους.
Και όποτε νιώσεις κουρασμένος και πεσμένος, σκέψου:
Rosencrantz: Did you ever think of yourself as actually dead, lying in a box with a lid on it?
Guildenstern: No.
Rosencrantz: Nor do I, really. It’s silly to be depressed by it.
I mean, one thinks of it like being alive in a box. One keeps forgetting to take into account the fact that one is dead, which should make all the difference, shouldn’t it? I mean, you’d never know you were in a box, would you? It would be just like you were asleep in a box. Not that I’d like to sleep in a box, mind you. Not without any air. You’d wake up dead, for a start, and then where would you be? In a box. That’s the bit I don’t like, frankly.
That’s why I don’t think of it. Because you’d be helpless, wouldn’t you? Stuffed in a box like that. I mean, you’d be in there forever, even taking into account the fact that you’re dead. It isn’t a pleasant thought. Especially if you’re dead, really. Ask yourself, if I asked you straight off, “I’m going to stuff you in this box. Now, would you rather be alive or dead?” Naturally, you’d prefer to be alive. Life in a box is better than no life at all, I expect. You’d have a chance, at least. You could lie there thinking, “Well. At least I’m not dead. In a minute somebody is going to bang on the lid, and tell me to come out.”
[bangs on lid]
“Hey, you! What’s your name? Come out of there!”
[Long pause]
Guildenstern: I think I’m going to kill you.
