Here are some of the serious signs of the advanced stages of stress and burnout. If any of this is true for you, you need this Stress/Burnout Kit.

Physical Signs of Burnout: You feel tired and drained, even when you wake up in the morning. Your immune system is weakened so you suffer from multiple bouts of colds or flu, maybe unexplainable aches and pains including headaches. Your libido is decreased. You become forgetful or can’t remember what you were going to say. You have a difficult time concentrating. Appetite can fluctuate. If you aren’t able to sleep because of your exhaustion, your sleep pattern becomes fitful, comes in short durations and is restless. Your sleep problem can be amplified if you drink a lot of caffeine to combat your constant tiredness.

Emotional Signs of Burnout: You feel helpless, trapped, defeated and don’t have much hope that life will get better; and you can feel this way with the simplest of tasks. A sense of failure and self doubt is prevalent and you blame yourself for mistakes in your past that may have lead to your current state. You feel detached from the world around you and alone. Motivation is lacking and you carry a negative view on life; everything has a “yeah, but” (finished with a negative) associated with it. You have a hard time mustering up a sense of satisfaction and accomplishment.

Behavioral Signs of Burnout: You withdraw from people and avoid responsibilities. You may show up late a lot for personal or work schedules. You procrastinate or take longer to do something than you used to. You may “call in sick” even if you’re not, or not attend functions you used to enjoy. You isolate yourself and may overeat, abuse alcohol or drugs. Little things cause you to snap.