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Emotional Exhaustion: A Key Component of Burnout

What is Emotional Exhaustion? Emotional exhaustion is a condition of feeling emotionally drained due to chronic stress, leaving a person unable to cope with daily pressures. Emotional exhaustion disturbs one's emotional capacity and can lead to feelings of helplessness, irritability, and detachment. These troublesome feelings can hinder a person's performance in a job, and affect interpersonal relationships. Emotional exhaustion can also play a key role in burnout. If someone is working long hours, managing an extreme workload, and dealing with pressure from others. Eventually, feels drained, irritable, and detached from the tasks. After these pressures, despite getting sleep, they feel worn out and struggle to be focused and motivated.    Symptoms of Emotional Exhaustion A few common signs can be observed in people exhibiting emotional exhaustion. 1. Constant Fatigue: Feeling constantly tired, even after getting enough rest, can occur. 2. Irritability: A person may become...

Emotional Intelligence

Getting to Know Emotional Intelligence Emotional intelligence is the ability to recognize, understand, and manage own and other's emotions. Emotional intelligence focuses on a person's emotional aspects in social interaction and behavior. It has become more influential in understanding its positive impacts on our personal and professional lives. Understanding emotional intelligence helps how it influences achieving success in both personal and professional dimensions. Here are vital components of emotional intelligence. 1. Self-Awareness (How to Recognize Our Emotions): Self-awareness is the ability to acknowledge and understand own emotions. A higher sense of self-awareness contributes to the evaluation of emotions accurately. Self-awareness also helps in understanding how these emotions influence behavior and the decision-making process. 2. Self-Regulation (Staying Calm and In Control):  Self-regulation is helps manage own emotions, particularly in challenging situations. A ...

Reactive Attachment Disorder

Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD) is a complex condition in children in which they are unable to establish emotional bonds with their primary caregivers due to neglect, abuse, or changes in caregivers. The disrupted attachment with caregivers can impact the child's emotional, social, and cognitive development. Children with RAD (Reactive attachment disorder) often face difficulty maintaining connections with others.  Symptoms of Reactive Attachment Disorder RAD in children may show up in the following. Less or no interest in social interactions Avoidance of eye contact Avoid affection and care Unusual behavior such as rocking in isolation Difficulty expressing and managing emotions   Common Behaviors in RAD Challenges in Accepting Care: Children with RAD (Reactive attachment disorder) face difficulty in accepting care and fail to seek comfort. Limited Emotional Responses: Children may become unresponsive, display withdrawal behavior, and feel emotionally detached.  Fr...

Conduct Disorder

Conduct Disorder (CD) is a mental health condition in children and adolescents known as a regular pattern of challenging behavioral and emotional problems. These challenges include violating social norms, rules, and others' rights. These emotional and behavioral problems lead to problems in various aspects of life including personal, academic, and social functioning.  Symptoms of Conduct Disorder Conduct disorder shows up in few symptoms. Aggressive Behavior Aggressive behavior involves physical aggression (physical fights and bullying others) Destructive Behavior Destructive behavior involves engaging in intentional behavior (damage to others' property) Deceitfulness or Theft Deceitful behavior involves deceptive behavior (stealing, lying, breaking into homes and cars) Serious Rule Violations Behavior of violation of rules involves (skipping school, running away, and disobeying rules)     Impact of Conduct Disorder Conduct disorder profoundly impacts life, influencing...