One of the biggest things I am seeing right now is a huge amount of emotional burnout. Which is showing up as empathy and compassion fatigue or complete emotional detachment.
In many ways it feels like a pandemic of emotional burnout that no one is immune to and here is why.
What Is Emotional Burnout?
Well emotional burnout is when you are emotionally depleted, all your emotional reserves have been used up and way past your emotional overdraft.
You have reached a stage where you are so emotionally exhausted, overwhelmed, completely numb or detached.
You have become emotionally shut down and no longer have the energy, the capacity to be emotionally present, respond or be able to truly care for those around you.
Who Tends To Suffer From Emotional Burnout?
Emotional burnout is very common in empaths, sensitives, caregivers and medical professionals.
Emotional burnout is also highly prevalent in abusive environments and highly emotionally demanding jobs.
It is also commonly appears during grief, trauma, situations where we feel emotionally strained, fearful, controlled, manipulated and disempowered.
And where one suffers lack of emotional support and connection from the people and world around them.
It is one of the reasons why so many people started to become much more emotionally detached and emotionally burnout during and after covid.
And why there is even more emotional fatigue right now in a world where it feels almost every day we are being presented with all sorts of gaslighting, manipulation and hard emotional truths.
Recovering From Emotional Burnout
In many ways to recover from emotional burnout,
you need to first recognise and accept there is a problem,
so you can take the necessary steps to heal and recover.
This is such an important time for you to go inwards and to up level your mental, emotional and physical self care.
The symptoms of emotional burnout are a big sign you need more self-compassion and self-love.
Essential Oils For Emotional Burnout
If you love essential oils rose, frankincense and ylang ylang oil are just a few oils that can be very helpful to add to your routine such as to your bath, body or simply diffuse.
I prefer to apply to a blend of oils with a carrier oil which I put in a small jar or roller ball and temples and or use in my bath.
Rose is very gentle and soothing on the heart,
Frankincense is very grounding and protecting.
Ylang Ylang oil is emotionally soothing and healing on the nervous system.
Meditations For Emotional Self Soothing
It is time for more pauses, time out and healthy self soothing and heart healing to restore you back to that emotionally loving soul you are.
One of the techniques that I teach that is great for those pauses is my Free 5 Minute Qi Gong Based Meditation
Which is a simple and easy technique to use throughout your day to bring you back to mental, emotional and physical balance.
I also recommend you listen to some calming and emotional nurturing healing meditations such as those in my Meditation Pod.
Which are created to help you bring you back to your heart and soul, help you let go of any mental or emotional distress and rest.
Rest and relaxation is so important when we are suffering from any sort of mental, emotional or physical burnout.
It’s time for you to take some time out for you, time for self-soothing, time for deep relaxation and deep healing.
Access Over 30 Calming, Nurturing And Soothing Guided Meditations And Traditional Meditations inside my Meditation Pod which include some inner child meditations, sleep meditations and previous meditation classes.
Also make sure you check out my video on Compassion Fatigue And Empathy Burnout
Eileen Burns is a highly sensitive empath, healer, coach, therapist and meditation teacher who supports empaths and healers become more mentally, emotionally and spiritually resilient and soul aligned in their life, purpose and business.
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