An Australian psychiatry researcher believes that certain personality traits associated with perfectionism will contribute to generalized overwork.
Constant exhaustion, emotional emptiness, demotivation, and difficulty concentrating at work or at home… these symptoms are often a sign of burnout. Recognized as a disease by the World Health Organization since 2019, burnout is now considered the “evil of the century”.
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Victims of this overwork “suffer from cognitive dysfunction and a sense of isolation from friends and family,” describes Gordon Parker, an Australian psychiatrist and lead author of the book in English. Burning. A guide to identifying and recovering from burns (Burn. a guide to identifying and restoring it, French). If the disease can affect anyone, a professor of psychiatry has shown that certain personality traits increase the risk. He said this in a press release published on December 30, 2022.
Unattainable goals
Gordon Parker believes that being a perfectionist can predispose you to burnout. “People with perfectionist traits are usually excellent workers because they are extremely reliable and conscientious,” she explains. However, they are also prone to burnout because they set unrealistic and inflexible standards for their performance, making it impossible for them to measure themselves. Perfectionists don’t know how to balance their efforts, sometimes over-investing in less important activities to the detriment of some more high-priority ones, according to a Laval University article. Their goals are therefore never realized, it is difficult for them to develop their self-confidence, it is described.
After all, if burnout is often associated only with professional life, the stress felt at home and mental workload can also lead to burnout, reports the professor. Psychiatrist Aurelia Schneider, author The mental load of women and men, confirmed this in a previous article. According to him, “perfectionism, comparison with others who think they can manage better than us, and poor self-esteem also predispose a person to mental overload,” the final stage before burnout or depression.
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Source: Le Figaro
