How Burnouts Affect Students

Burnouts can be tricky because sometimes, students aren’t even aware that they might be experiencing it. And sometimes, even if they are aware, they may choose to ignore the signs because they need to complete their tasks. However, this would still affect their output and health negatively. In order to intervene early and stop the situation from getting worse, teachers, parents, tutors, and students themselves should be aware of the symptoms of burnout.

• Long term fatigue

Being tired every now and again is common in students. You will be tired when you spend an hour or so playing a sport or if you are out with your groupmates brainstorming and completing a project. However, if you are tired for longer periods of time, even when you are rested or sleeping, that could be a sign of an impending burnout.

• Inability to focus and intellectual exhaustion

In relation to the first sign, if your body is constantly in a state of tiredness, your mind will follow. You may notice you’d have a hard time focusing on your lessons or what your teacher or tutor is saying. You may have trouble retaining information and are more prone to be absent-minded. As such, you would also feel as if you are too tired to take in any information at all.

• Unmotivated to study further

Some students have the constant drive to take their learnings to the next level. This means that though they may have already learned the topic, they want to take it a step further and enrich their knowledge. A sign of burnout may be that you have no desire to do so and looking forward to just finishing the task rather than learning from it. You may also show apathy towards topics that relate to what you are currently studying.

• Decline in academics

Of course, since burnout doesn’t work to your advantage, there is a huge possibility that it will impact your grades negatively. Since you will be too tired and too apathetic to study and enrich your knowledge and skills, you may also see a decline in your academics.