Signs Of Spiritual Burnout

Some people feel mentally exhausted due to excessive life challenges or the accumulation of difficult experiences. Others enter the sense of adulthood in that way due to a traumatic childhood.

Spiritual burnout is an anxious state of mind that many people experience without even knowing it. A person may be mentally exhausted and believe that it is only because he or she has an unsatisfactory job or a difficult relationship. While this may be true, mental exhaustion can also be a cause of problems.

Being mentally exhausted means a feeling of powerlessness. This happens when you live your life on autopilot without thinking or feeling too much, and acting as if everything was assigned to you. You live like your life doesn’t belong to you and you don’t care.

In some cases, someone may enter adulthood when they are already mentally exhausted. If she grows up in a dysfunctional family, she will most likely have had to invest her energy in trying to understand and deal with her environment.

Here are some signs that may indicate you are suffering from mental exhaustion.

Constant fatigue

This fatigue is different from normal fatigue. You will feel tired even when you have had enough time to rest. Just like your body and mind are unable to function and the only thing you want to do is stay in bed and wake up the next month. But even if you did, you would still feel tired.

Mental exhaustion is as intense or even worse than physical fatigue. You may feel like you are no longer able to be productive.

When you are mentally exhausted, your problems are greater than your resources to deal with them. A long list of unresolved mental difficulties thus leads to a heavy burden, which in turn leads to burnout.

Cynicism: a sign of spiritual burnout

Temporary cynicism is when a person feels proud to do something morally wrong. It’s an attitude that can get people to say things like “yes, I’m doing something bad, so what?”.

Cynicism occurs in the form of suicidal or reckless acts. Passing through a dangerous street late at night, exceeding speed limits while driving, and other risky activities are all signs of cynicism.

Being detached

Being detached basically means that you are not able to make meaningful connections with people or your environment. This can be described as an invisible distance that prevents you from reuniting with the world and life itself.

When a person is detached, he or she can feel lonely. However, an exhausted person may ignore these emotions and not give them more weight.

Such people assume that they cannot change who they are or what happens around them. Some hide behind their thoughts on how useless affection is.

Feeling of worthlessness

When a person is mentally exhausted, he also feels himself worthless or unable to do anything.

He does everything he can to convince himself that he can’t achieve anything no matter how hard he tries. He also tends to downplay his accomplishments and say things like “why do I set goals if nothing is going to change?”.

The feeling of worthlessness nourishes the mental exhaustion he feels. In his mind, any task is too difficult because he does not have the energy to do it. So everything seems too far away and difficult. A mentally exhausted person is usually very passive.

Constant boredom

It’s really hard for an exhausted person to enjoy small things. Almost everything seems too boring, monotonous or boring. He has no desire whatsoever to make plans or start new projects. He just lets the circumstances carry him without fighting him. This can turn into anhedonia.

If you think you are mentally burned out, you need to know that things can change. You will probably need professional help. This is not because you lack resources, but because it is easier for an expert to identify and determine your problems that you may not be aware of.

If you are in such a state of mind, your well-being should be a priority. Nothing is more important than you yourself. You may be surprised by the outcome if you start the change process. All you have to do is make a decision to choose a new life path.