Warning: I am not a psychologist.

Burnout is NEVER about volume of work and is ALWAYS about emotional abilities. Big claim? Not really but this puts the responsibility for it solely on the person experiencing it but no one really wants to admit that they are completely at fault for their own poor position so will look for external sources to lay blame.

The reason that stress so often appears when there is a high volume of work is because that is what happens, a heavier load, more stress. It is quite simple. The difference between people is their ability to cope under that stress. It is not much different to a physical stress where someone can squat a maximum load of 100 kg whilst another's max may be 200.

This is of course trainable but, most people are not interested in doing and even if they do, few are willing to train at a deep enough level as it is filled with discomfort and failure. Two things that humans do all they can to avoid.

The problem with this avoidance though is that we are ill-equipped to deal naturally with the artificial stresses we have introduced. The human body and mind is remarkably adaptable but that doesn't mean it does it without guidance.

We generally come pre-loaded with software to handle the tasks of thousands of years ago that we have developed as a species through evolution. But, due in part to that same evolution, we have been able to manipulate our environment and introduce things we are unprepared for. For the body, it is things like sitting a lot that will damage us as we are not designed for it naturally and will have a hard time in one life time to change our physical structure.

The things we have introduced however have the same affect on our minds and a lot of these things are emphasised through the work we do. For the most part, the only reason to work is to survive but gone are the days of hunting alone. Now we have to jump through many unnatural hoops and deal with the many desires that have been created after each jump.

At Steemit, it is the people driving for reward but aren't getting it that are frustrated by lack of reward. The people looking for engagement but aren't getting it that are frustrated by the lack of engagement. These are unfulfilled wants, desires and wanting and not having puts pressure on and this will eventually lead to situations where the frustration boils over and breaks the dam walls.

There are so many of these stress points that we are hardly capable to keep track and since we are increasingly living in societies that is reducing exposure to stresses when young, our capabilities to deal with it are also severely limited.

This is a very large topic and I will get to more points of it in time but I thought I would just add a note here as a reminder to those who mat be feeling stressed, either through the world or Steemit directly. It is you. You are the cause.

And, you are the cure.

Once people start to take responsibility for their own development and abilities to identify and cope under the various stress points, they will not be as inclined to avoid and will more likely use each as a learning experience. This will strengthen their abilities in fundamental ways and they are likely to find out all kinds of interesting things about themselves and their world.

Of course, one needs the space to do this which means recognising and preparing well in advance before stress gets to an overwhelming level. That means now. All you need to do to never be stressed to the point of failure in the future is pay attention to yourself now, and learn about and evolve the rudimentary mental programs we have all been equipped with and all have the ability to build.

Don't stress about it though, think about it.

Taraz
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