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Burnout

Posted on Sunday, April 20, 2008 at 7:09 am


Mental exhaustion and overstrain through unusual tiredness a more frequently common problem in the business world. Perhaps you had one yourself or you know someone who ever had a burnout (or have). A burnout  expresses itself in wane and cynicism. This problem, the so been named burnout, can become a real  serious personal drama.  A burnout happens most often with people with a large involvement. These people have earlier burden of work stress.
This will not say that everybody with a large involvement is subject for burnouts. You must have a weak spot for this and this can have several causes. These can be for example negative things that are happing at
your work or your private life.
The deeper lying causes are often much more drastic and historic and might relate our education, emotional damages and unfilled wishes and ambitions.



Actually a burnout is nothing more or less than a warnings signal of our body.  Your body can’t take the psychological pressure that reaches us of all sides any longer, it’s become too much and the body reacts to this.

How do you recognize a burnout?

If you want to recognize a burnout early you’ll need to be alert to the signals below, only then you can prevent worsening.



·         Bad sleep

·         Waking up earlier

·         Tired very quickly

·         Restless and hurried feeling

·         listless

·         concentration problems  

·         Vague physical complaints

·         Addictive behaviour  

·         Lot of  worry and puzzle over

·         Forgetful

 

Frequently it starts with overwrought and overstrained feelings. The characteristics are mostly the same: bad sleeping, tiredness, concentration problems and depressive/low spirit. When we do nothing about it, these symptoms can lead to an exhausted feeling.

 

Complete burnout
This variant of a burnout is
quite serious. As person you feels emotional exhausted, weary (nights of 12-14 hour its no exception), and the pleasure in work and life is (totally) disappeared. Sometimes this goes coupled with other physical complaints. Mostly a burnout is assigned at work, but quite often privately-factors plays also a role.

Prevent
To prevent a burnout we must do something with the causes. Only relaxing is not enough, we must change our live and way of thinking to prevent worsening. How about work? And our relationships? What do we do with the plenty of choices that we need to make? 



Cure
To cure of a burnout we need to go a step further. Finally we’ll must be aware of our subconscious, to become process of our unprocessed experiences and there for the cure of a real burnout is most often a good accompaniment of a physician and/or a psychologist indispensable. Finally we need to change our total life: How we work, what we eat, our leisure activities and other (business) activities.

TOP 5 Best BRAINFOOD

Posted on Thursday, November 15, 2007 at 4:08 pm


It might be hard to be believe but you can keep your brains in top condition by choosing the right food.  Daily you train your brains. With reading, working, studying and even when you relaxing. Think about when you are making a puzzle, when you’re watching TV and what about when you sleep, even than are your brains active for example when you are dreaming. Our brains are continuous in movement. For your brains to stay in top condition you need to eat and drink properly. Check the must haves, products that be good for your brains and will keep your head on straight;).

 

BroccoliBroccoli

Good news for the broccoli fan!
Broccoli keeps your brain in top shape. According a research done by King’s College in London, it improves your memory and a good “side affect” is that it helps in the aging process of the brain. Not is keeping broccoli your brain in top shape, it also helps your brain to stay young. Be sure to eat it regularly.

 

 ChocolaChocolate
Chocolate is not only very delicious its also make you happy and is it more than only an aphrodisiac. It also works excellent as brainfood. Scientists of the university of Nottingham have discovers that eating pure chocolate stimulates the blood supply to the brains. Chocolate also contains numerous chemicals that have a positive reaction on the brain. After eating significant quantities of pure chocolate by a test panel they spontaneously became more alert, better concentrated and remembered more information.

Banana
Many people can’t live without them when they are nervous. They are supposed to work calming. Fact or fantasy; There is no scientific research confirming this theory. Most important is that it doesn’t hurt eating a banana once in a while. These fruits are packed with vitamins, minerals and Carbohydrates (which isn’t good for your diet ladies). Before an important examination its better to take no risk; Eat a banana, its not going to hurt you;).

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Vette visFat fisch
We can classify under fat fish: haring, tuna, mackerel, salmon and sardines. Fat fish is good for your blood vessels and your heart, but also for your brains.  According the scientists of the Rush University Medical Center, The omega 3-fatty acid that is in fish  can make you years younger. Older people who eat a lot of fish or at least once a week, are physically aging less fast than their friends who are the same age and do not eat any fish. And besides this; eating fish is reducing the chance on a Stroke, Dementia and Alzheimer. So if you do eat fish you can pat yourself on the shoulder.

 KoffieCoffee
It seems to be the perfect braindrink. Faithful coffee drinkers swear by their black  gold. And for them, there is good news: coffee is allowed. Caffeine give your short term memory an boost and raise your reaction speed. The caffeine is in your blood within four minutes, so it even Works fast. Of course you’ll stay awake longer and more focused.
The perfect drink during a busy day on the work or an important examination.

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