MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'burn out'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:39:26 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4684570&cid=t_166299_129_f&fid=36036&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.everydayhealth.com%2Fblog%2Fkelly-building-a-crohns-disease-community%2Ffinding-a-work-life-balance-with-crohns%2F Ever since I took this new position within my company, I am having a real problem with my work-life balance. The type of work that I am doing now leads to periods of high intensity followed by a lull, or low-intensity work. My problem arises, of course, when I am in the midst of insane deadlines and mountains of work that has to be done to impossibly high standards of quality. I have no problem doing the work and think that I am becoming quite good at it. The problem is that I give too much to do it. If I had more time to work within a reasonable schedule, then I would love this job and may even want to do it forever. But, it’s not like that. Up until now, I have managed to keep a low profile by doing all of the detailed, difficult work in the background and letting others take the lea... Life with Crohn's blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4684570 Wed, 06 Apr 2011 21:22:21 +0100 4684570 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4560559&cid=t_166299_140_f&fid=39203&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdawnwillis.wordpress.com%2F2011%2F03%2F08%2Fquickly-quickly-lickety-split%2F Quickly Quickly Lickety Split   Go for it, go for it do it now. You know it’s the way. Quickly quickly lickety split. Your failure is that fear, of letting go of a life without reason, your final frontier. Go for it, go for it, Dawn, do it now! The end is very near. Swallow slowly take a hit..hit..hit   Dawni 08/03/2011 Filed under: Dawn's Crash and Burn Out Diaries Tagged: bipolar, mental illness, pills, suicidal thoughts (Source: Dawn Willis sharing the News and Views of the Mentally Wealthy) Dawn Willis sharing the News and Views of the Mentally Wealthy blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4560559 Tue, 08 Mar 2011 17:36:56 +0100 4560559 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4560571&cid=t_166299_140_f&fid=39203&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdawnwillis.wordpress.com%2F2011%2F03%2F07%2Fa-season-lashed-by-dawni%2F A SEASON LASHED   I’ve had for this winter without talk No one with whom I felt able to walk, There were interludes I grasped with relief Stolen again by depression’s erroneous belief.   I’ve lost during this season of self concave, My essence removed by each rolling wave, But there was always the bright orange glow A shining window in a turbulent flow.     And people were always waiting therein, Refusing to accept my shame my chagrin; They waited patiently smiles in eyes Their stoic refusal to sensationalise.     I wish I could find company when I’m so bound, To begin to wander over panic ground But it takes me fast as quick as a whip Onto a dark and lonely passenger-less ship.     I am now returning from where waves once crashed, Bearing t... Dawn Willis sharing the News and Views of the Mentally Wealthy blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4560571 Mon, 07 Mar 2011 11:46:05 +0100 4560571 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4536438&cid=t_166299_140_f&fid=39203&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdawnwillis.wordpress.com%2F2011%2F03%2F02%2Fthe-knocking-people-and-an-early-intervention%2F I feel I should give you some ‘background’ to the Knocking People piece I’ve written. As a child of about six or seven I quite possibly suffered some form of psychosis.  I had been burned as a baby (before I was fostered), but have no tangiable memory of that time.  It does however, mke me question regualrly the impact of physical and mental trauma on the develping mind of a baby and toddler. We’re very keen to dismiss the fears of children saying they have “overactive imaginations”, or are just playing for attention. Perhaps we shouldn’t be so quick to brush off the fears of young children. My wonderful Dad, Ron, I’m certain didn’t understand what was happening to me, but he never dismissed ‘the knocking people’ or my tre... Dawn Willis sharing the News and Views of the Mentally Wealthy blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4536438 Wed, 02 Mar 2011 10:32:22 +0100 4536438 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4532531&cid=t_166299_140_f&fid=39203&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdawnwillis.wordpress.com%2F2011%2F03%2F01%2Fa-winter-betrayal-by-dawni%2F A Winter Betrayal ****** I have stayed in a lonely place I know That arrived just a season or so ago, It ate the traces of who I’d been, And chewed the energies of the places I’d seen Feeding itself, a carrion crow.   Now over battled scarred hurdles, from behind my shield, My colour returns and I am renewed and healed, And as the cherry tree’s blossom begins to glow, I can step out into the promising world I used to know My sense of joy unconcealed.   I dwell sometimes on the sense of betrayal Of a mind as battered as a wind torn sail, It bites that sense of dreadful loss, But I’ll wear it a distinguished service cross A reminder of a winter portrayal.   It’s from this small place I see a summer star, And I can’t know whether I’ll travel far But there are peop... Dawn Willis sharing the News and Views of the Mentally Wealthy blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4532531 Tue, 01 Mar 2011 13:28:58 +0100 4532531 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4498374&cid=t_166299_140_f&fid=39203&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdawnwillis.wordpress.com%2F2011%2F02%2F19%2Fso-what-we-pretend-like-nothing-is-happening%2F We’re sure that nothing is happening there, But I guess we don’t really know, We’ll just replace her for a while, It’s far easier than calling to say ‘hello’. Well we heard whispers she was feeling ropey, And a little worn out, But we really don’t want to spend the time, To find out what it may be about. Y’see we get these service users free, They come like lambs to slaughter, And when they fall at the side of the road, We treat them like unexploded mortar. Well yes we do promote respect and stuff, Like valuing people, dignity and support, But when it comes to chatting to ‘them’ We’ve forgotten what we were taught. So most of us would sooner pretend Like nothings happening here But it’s not because were downright mean ... Dawn Willis sharing the News and Views of the Mentally Wealthy blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4498374 Sat, 19 Feb 2011 22:01:22 +0100 4498374 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4478087&cid=t_166299_140_f&fid=39203&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdawnwillis.wordpress.com%2F2011%2F02%2F14%2Fhe-said-dawn-replied-a-conversation%2F “You’ve got guts.” he says. “We all have I think, goes with ‘blood and’.. “. I snort in reply. “HA HA!” he retorts, shaking his head. “I mean you have ‘nerve’, balls, courage. You lay your self bare for the world to comment upon”. “I can assure you the world has not seen me ‘bare’, that’s an image which would scar them for life, damage their mental health, cause outrage on British magazine TV, no indeed the world has not seen me bare.” I respond, beginning to feel uncomfortable. “I’m ignoring your deflection attempts because I want to know how you do it. It’s like when you tell people the awful things people have said about you, I could never tell the world the terr... Dawn Willis sharing the News and Views of the Mentally Wealthy blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4478087 Mon, 14 Feb 2011 14:28:45 +0100 4478087 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4446002&cid=t_166299_140_f&fid=39203&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdawnwillis.wordpress.com%2F2011%2F02%2F07%2Fthoughts-on-thoughts-and-hotel-slippers%2F Sometimes things just work, we’ve no idea how or why, they just do, like when a loved one says to me “Goodnight, and no bad dreams d’hear me?” And it works, no rhyme nor reason, no logical explanation. On the other hand being deaf to the thoughts we are pretending we don’t hear, or refusing to allow them to escape into words which we may want to say, but which we don’t because we fear repercussions just doesn’t work. It creates chasms, voids, holes in lives which squash hopes and dreams. Relationships become strained and broken. Self worth is slowly chipped away. Not listening to your inner-self Is harmful because it’s not authentic. I’m writing this thinking “Wow this is deep, for a Monday afternoon!” Again I am in a hotel ... Dawn Willis sharing the News and Views of the Mentally Wealthy blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4446002 Mon, 07 Feb 2011 17:01:56 +0100 4446002 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4436921&cid=t_166299_140_f&fid=39203&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdawnwillis.wordpress.com%2F2011%2F02%2F04%2Fa-single-stem-of-hope%2F     I wish I’d been sent a flower, I said Just a single stem of hope Carrying encouragement from friends And their belief that I would cope   Coz there’s no Get Well Soon cards, Or Surprises in the post There’s a careful, cautious silence A call or text at most   Mental Illness isn’t a crime, we say But we whisper it effects a “shame” If I’d suffered a bout of pneumonia Do you think my experience would be the same?       Dawni Filed under: Dawn's Crash and Burn Out Diaries (Source: Dawn Willis sharing the News and Views of the Mentally Wealthy) Dawn Willis sharing the News and Views of the Mentally Wealthy blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4436921 Fri, 04 Feb 2011 17:16:13 +0100 4436921 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4424410&cid=t_166299_140_f&fid=39203&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdawnwillis.wordpress.com%2F2011%2F02%2F01%2Fbitter-alum-and-apples-by-dawni%2F You shout, and my heart pounds and hammers, You pull me out from behind the safety of the settee, Did you hear? I wonder. Or did your eyes bore through padded green dralon, Exposing my awful truth? My heart pounds and hammers louder now.   Did you know your eyes flash when you are angry? They mesmerise me And they scare me, because I know that for you, there will be no going back. And still my heart pounds and hammers. “What were you doing?” you demand to know. My eyes lock on yours, saying nothing. “Filthy girl, it’s a filthy habit.”  My heart pounds and hammers. “Sit down”.   “No Mammy, please Mammy” I plead. I won’t do it again.  Words, words I hear echoed from before. Sobbing now my heart pounds and hammers. &#8220... Dawn Willis sharing the News and Views of the Mentally Wealthy blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4424410 Tue, 01 Feb 2011 16:23:44 +0100 4424410 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4399800&cid=t_166299_140_f&fid=39203&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdawnwillis.wordpress.com%2F2011%2F01%2F26%2Fthe-lady-with-the-shocking-pink-lipstick-and-other-interesting-folk-2%2F Have you ever noticed when someone you’ve never met, a total stranger decides they want to talk to you? It happens at bus stops, train stations, shop queues. Somehow you become aware that the person next to you would like to say something, something about them changes, they become a little agitated, they move their feet, fiddle with something; their hair; gloves; or their mobile phone, and then they glance at you quickly, weighing up with that quick sweep of their eyes that you are indeed someone who may not rebuff their approach. It’s quite a mini ordeal people put themselves through, it raises their anxiety, reminds them of their fear of rejection, and it could go so wrong! That face they’ve passed a cursory glance at, may well belong to someone who doesn’t want ... Dawn Willis sharing the News and Views of the Mentally Wealthy blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4399800 Wed, 26 Jan 2011 10:57:55 +0100 4399800 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4399802&cid=t_166299_140_f&fid=39203&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdawnwillis.wordpress.com%2F2011%2F01%2F25%2Fso-you-walked-what-do-you-want-a-medal-well-actually%2F Well maybe not a medal exactly, but I may feel like it would be a good time to pat myself on the back.  I walked the 1.6 miles into town today.   Not a long walk, but a walk which was a regular part of my weekly life only a couple of months ago, and one which I had gradually managed to eliminate from my routine. Within my life I’d become lilliputian, tiny, like a character in Mary Norton’s ‘ The Borrowers’.  Shrinking into the life of the Land Of The Giants was not something which happened suddenly one day. It sneaked up, and over time life outside my home became a huge mountainous, confusing, loud, darkened landscape. Looking back I can clearly see how I stopped walking.  I was deceived. My mind worked out a way for me to avoid exposure to the outside world by... Dawn Willis sharing the News and Views of the Mentally Wealthy blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4399802 Tue, 25 Jan 2011 15:59:23 +0100 4399802 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2013910&cid=t_166299_158_f&fid=36018&url=http%3A%2F%2Fcaregiversbeacon.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F12%2Fhealthy-caregiving-minute-of-tips.html (Source: The Caregiver's Beacon - Resources, Links, Ideas, News) The Caregiver's Beacon - Resources, Links, Ideas, News blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2013910 Fri, 05 Dec 2008 03:24:00 +0100 2013910 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1247839&cid=t_166299_87_f&fid=34595&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnhsblogdoc.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F02%2Fblogger-burn-out-taking-break.html Never let it be said that bloggers take themselves too seriously. EmmaK hits the spot at Mummy has a headache (Source: NHS Blog Doctor) NHS Blog Doctor blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1247839 Thu, 21 Feb 2008 19:26:00 +0100 1247839 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1189991&cid=t_166299_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2008%2F01%2F30%2Fburned-out-on-your-marriage-or-relationship%2F Last week, I wrote an article about job burn-out, and some tips to help cope with it. This week I was going to write an article about marriage burn-out, but I didn’t bother because someone else already did in yesterday’s Washington Post! While the Washington Post article by Abigail Trafford focuses mostly on long marriages, I think one can have that “burned out” feeling doing anything for even just 5 or 6 years, much less 20 or 30. I think marriages, unlike jobs, are far more challenging to maintain, and beyond just maintaining it, actually helping to nurture it and watch it grow over the years. It can be done. The article mostly focuses on describing how and why many marriages burn out after decades of togetherness, often due to two people growing apart over th... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1189991 Wed, 30 Jan 2008 21:11:31 +0100 1189991 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1177672&cid=t_166299_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2008%2F01%2F25%2Ffive-tips-to-bust-job-burnout%2F Virtually everyone will face the prospect of job burnout at one point. Whether you’re an office worker or a carpenter, a salesperson or a doctor, job burnout occurs when we become dissatisfied with and overwhelmed by our current job and can’t really identify what’s wrong. We’ve gathered together five tips to help identify possible problems and some quick solutions that may help you better bust job burnout. 1. Combat boredom A lot of people get bored with their jobs, plain and simple. They no longer find the job challenging, or find that the job’s daily routine has become incredibly uninteresting. A job you once looked forward to starting at the beginning of the day now is something you dread. You can combat job boredom a number of ways. Spice up your curre... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1177672 Fri, 25 Jan 2008 15:35:11 +0100 1177672