Three main symptoms of teacher burnout

Teacher is a common profession in society, and teaching and educating people is also the most important task of teachers. Of course, although teachers have relatively large responsibilities, many teachers will become burnout after teaching for a period of time. This phenomenon is called teacher burnout. Teacher burnout can also be manifested through some symptoms. Next, I will introduce you to the relevant knowledge about teacher burnout!

1. Symptoms of teacher burnout

1. Psychological manifestations of occupational burnout: fear or deliberate avoidance of competition, loss of work interest, strong rejection or even fear of the office, long-term state of frustration, anxiety, fatigue, depression, and irritability, and boredom and resistance to work tasks.

2. Physiological manifestations of occupational burnout: The body is in a "sub-healthy state" for a long time, with loss of appetite, poor sleep quality, lack of activity, etc. In severe cases, there may also be various physiological phenomena such as drowsiness, insomnia, loss of appetite, vomiting, distraction, memory loss, mental confusion, body aches, endocrine dysfunction, and high blood pressure. Female teachers may also experience physiological disorders and menstrual disorders.

3. Behavioral aspects of occupational burnout: Psychological burnout is directly reflected in behavior, which manifests as being perfunctory at work, mood swings, lack of enterprising spirit, and the purpose of working is just to get paid.

2. The adverse effects of teacher burnout

1. Decreased teaching effectiveness

When teachers are physically and mentally burnout, their ability to educate students will be reduced invisibly. As a result, their teaching methods will become mechanical, their work efficiency will be low, and ultimately the quality of teaching will be reduced.

2. Strained interpersonal relationships

Emotionally, people become depressed and aggressive, interpersonal relationships become distant, and conflicts increase. Some teachers use brutal corporal punishment on students, which is actually a "danger signal" caused by physical and mental fatigue and increased stress.

3. Causing physical and mental harm to oneself

Teachers' occupational burnout can cause psychological disorders and mental illnesses. In mild cases, negative attitudes and bad moods are obvious, and in severe cases, it can cause neurasthenia or even mental breakdown, ultimately directly affecting their physical and mental health.

3. Causes of Teacher Burnout

1. Professional identity produces altitude sickness

Generally speaking, teachers who have been working for more than ten years are prone to professional indifference. Too regular work and routine life can easily extinguish a person's passion, cause him or her to have contradictory psychology, and make him or her resist the profession, leading to a negative psychology of rejection.

2. The contradiction between society’s expectations of teachers and education investment continues to increase teachers’ mental stress

The current situation of only children and difficulty in finding employment has led parents to have overly high expectations for their children, and they place these expectations on schools, which then pass them on to teachers. The loneliness caused by working overtime on holidays and at night, and the disproportionate amount of physical and mental input compared to teaching results make many teachers miserable.

3. The suggestive effect of the educational environment

Traditional concepts of the teaching profession, such as the candle spirit and the spring silkworm spirit, all take sacrifice as their essential element. Such concepts will only bring negative implications to teachers and make them feel helpless in their profession.