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Poll: What is your most frequent warning of burnout? | Other

expressisverbis — Thu, 25 Jun 2026 16:05:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: What is your most frequent warning of burnout?
Poster: expressisverbis
Post title: Other

First boundaries, then pressure, now burnout.
Are we being surveyed or clinically assessed? 😂
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Poll: What is your most frequent warning of burnout? | Eyes and more...

Josephine Cassar — Wed, 24 Jun 2026 09:56:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: What is your most frequent warning of burnout?
Poster: Josephine Cassar
Post title: Eyes and more...

First physical sign for me is smarting eyes where I have to blink several times to continue working but still not focusing properly. Then I start getting pain in right hand (wrist and elbow) and difficulty focusing in that order, time to call it a day or for a break therefore. I make sure I don't accept too much work at the same time as I don't function like that. At the moment it's either long periods of no work or ling periods of a great amount of work with which I can't cope either. Too much of a good thing?

Poll: What is your most frequent warning of burnout? | It sounds

WolfgangS — Wed, 24 Jun 2026 07:19:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: What is your most frequent warning of burnout?
Poster: WolfgangS
Post title: It sounds

as if we had burnouts every other day. Severe fatigue, as Zea says, yes, sure, but no serious medical condition.

Poll: What is your most frequent warning of burnout? | The Worst Signs You Can Imagine

Ricardo Aries — Wed, 24 Jun 2026 06:57:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: What is your most frequent warning of burnout?
Poster: Ricardo Aries
Post title: The Worst Signs You Can Imagine

Dark omens of my overwhelming burnout emerge: blood pressure soaring to 150/95 mm Hg, a heart relentlessly pounding at 130 bpm, and a suffocating feeling of breathlessness even in the simplest of clothes.

Poll: What is your most frequent warning of burnout? | It's got to the stage ...

Daryo — Mon, 22 Jun 2026 20:14:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: What is your most frequent warning of burnout?
Poster: Daryo
Post title: It's got to the stage ...

[quote]Zea_Mays wrote:

Burnout is a serious medical condition that requires therapy, while the options in this poll rather suggest that fatigue is actually meant. [/quote]

It's got to the stage when I get pleasantly surprised when from time to time a poll question uses words for what they actually mean.

Playing fast and loose with words has become all too 'normal' in many places, but wasn’t this one supposed to be for 'pros' in dealing with words ...?

Poll: What is your most frequent warning of burnout? | Definition by WHO (World Health Organization):

Lingua 5B — Mon, 22 Jun 2026 16:11:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: What is your most frequent warning of burnout?
Poster: Lingua 5B
Post title: Definition by WHO (World Health Organization):

Burnout is not classified as a formal mental illness or medical disease. Instead, the World Health Organization (WHO) recognizes it as an occupational phenomenon—a syndrome resulting from chronic workplace stress that has not been successfully managed…

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Fatigue also requires attention because it may be caused by underlying medical issues. “Fatigue” is not the same as being tired.

Poll: What is your most frequent warning of burnout? | hm

Zea_Mays — Mon, 22 Jun 2026 09:47:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: What is your most frequent warning of burnout?
Poster: Zea_Mays
Post title: hm

Burnout is a serious medical condition that requires therapy, while the options in this poll rather suggest that fatigue is actually meant.

Poll: What is your most frequent warning of burnout? | Typos

Thayenga — Mon, 22 Jun 2026 09:14:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: What is your most frequent warning of burnout?
Poster: Thayenga
Post title: Typos

When I start hitting the wrong key sequence it's time to take a break. Its length depends on the current workload and might last a week or two. Due to these errors I do become somewhat irritated which increases the number of errors so that I would only harm my reputation if I continue to work anyway due to poor quality.

[Edited at 2026-06-22 09:58 GMT]

Poll: What is your most frequent warning of burnout? | Probably

Lingua 5B — Mon, 22 Jun 2026 09:06:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: What is your most frequent warning of burnout?
Poster: Lingua 5B
Post title: Probably

I become somewhat cranky and edgy. And that's a signal for me that says: time to book a nice vacation.

Poll: What is your most frequent warning of burnout? | Other

Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida — Mon, 22 Jun 2026 08:27:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: What is your most frequent warning of burnout?
Poster: Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Post title: Other

I wonder if burnout can be caused by lack of work?

Poll: What is your most frequent warning of burnout?

ProZ.com Staff — Mon, 22 Jun 2026 08:10:04 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: What is your most frequent warning of burnout?
Poster: ProZ.com Staff

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