Exhaustion, cynicism about the work, and a fading sense that what you do matters. Signals, not a diagnosis.
About this test
Christina Maslach described burnout along three lines: emotional exhaustion, cynicism or depersonalization, and reduced personal efficacy. The Copenhagen Burnout Inventory (Kristensen) adds a simpler personal-burnout question: how physically and emotionally drained you are, without requiring a particular job title. Burnout is an occupational and caregiving strain pattern. It is not the same as depression, though they overlap, and it is not laziness. These items are original. If exhaustion has turned into hopelessness or thoughts of not wanting to live, use the crisis resources.
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What this test asks
I feel used up by the end of a normal day of work or care, not only after an exceptional one.
I wake already tired at the thought of the people or tasks waiting.
Rest on my days off actually reaches me.
I have become more cynical about whether the work helps anyone.
I catch myself treating people I am supposed to care for as tasks to clear.
I still feel a human warmth toward the people on the other side of the work.
I doubt that what I do makes a difference anyone would miss.
I can point to a recent moment when my effort clearly helped.
Small requests feel like too much, even ones I used to handle easily.
I feel detached from the reasons I started this work.
If I stopped for a month, I believe the important parts would be worse for real people.
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