Sunday, October 28, 2001		Stressbusters

Are you facing a burnout?
V.K. Kapoor

ARE you suffering from burnout, or are you only part of the way there ? Complete the burnout inventory below and find out. For each statement below, Write a T if that statement is true for you or an F if it isn’t.

• Is your efficiency at work declining?

• Have you lost some of your initiative at work?

• Have you lost interest in your work?

• Does work stress get to you more than it used to?

• Do you get a headache?

• Do you get stomachaches?

• Have you lost weight recently?

• Do you have trouble sleeping?

• Do you experience shortness of breath?

• Do you have frequently-changing or depressing moods?

• Are you easy to anger?

• Do you get frustrated easily?

• Are you more suspicious than you used to be?

• Do you feel more helpless than you used to?

• Are you using too many mood-altering drugs (e.g. tranquilisers, alcohol)

• Are you becoming more inflexible?

• Are you becoming more critical of your own and others’ competencies?

• Are you working more, but feeling that you are getting less done?

• Have you lost some of your sense of humour?

(The writer is an IPS officer of the Haryana cadre and a stress-management expert)