Do you constantly feel tired and lack energy and motivation? Do you feel overwhelmed at
work and come home with the feeling of not achieving anything important? Perhaps you didn’t just have a bad day in the office but it could be something more serious. Burnout affects many people, especially those in highly demanding jobs such as top managers, entrepreneurs or health care workers. It is important to understand the main symptoms of burnout syndrome. The symptoms include chronic fatigue, cynicism, negativity towards your job, inability to perform your job as well as you used to, and feelings of personal failure and exhaustion. Are these symptoms familiar to you? If so, you may be suffering from burnout syndrome. It is important to seek help and get treatment at the soonest possible time, before it can progress further, possibly leading to other health issues.
Burnout syndrome is a condition characterised by extreme fatigue, decreased performance and often feelings of loss of sense of purpose, typically affecting individuals in high-stress professions such as entrepreneurs and managers. Burnout affects both men and women, though men in leading positions may face specific challenges sometimes also linked to hormonal imbalance, in particular low testosterone levels.
Burnout syndrome and low testosterone levels
Did you know that burnout and low testosterone levels may be interlinked? Testosterone is a key hormone that affects many aspects of men’s health including energy levels, motivation, performance and vitality. Low production of testosterone may cause fatigue, depression and low libido – all also symptoms of burnout.
Men in stressful job positions such as top managers and entrepreneurs, can suffer from low testosterone levels due to chronic stress and exhaustion. Stress stimulates the production of the hormone cortisol. Cortisol affects several aspects of your body and mainly helps regulate your body’s response to stress. However elevated cortisol levels over long periods can disrupt testosterone production.
How to avoid burnout syndrome?
Preventing burnout and also dealing with low testosterone levels requires a complex approach. The most important part is stress management. You should consider regular physical activity, meditations, sufficient sleep and a healthy diet in order to keep in good mental and physical health.
Men should also regularly discuss their health issues with a medical expert who can evaluate their testosterone levels and recommend hormonal therapy or other treatment as necessary. If low testosterone is diagnosed, individually planned hormonal therapy may bring significant improvements to health and well-being.
Importance of mental support
Social contact and support from family, friends and colleagues plays an important part in burnout treatment. Sharing problems and also experiences with people you trust can alleviate your feeling of isolation, which can also be a big part of burnout syndrome. Supportive team and colleagues can also help lower work pressure and stress linked to highly demanding positions.