El burnout (desgaste profesional), sentido existencial y posiblidades de prevención

Abstract

Burnout or professional fatigue can be understood as the symptom adopted by a person of a non-existential attitude towards life and her or his own existence. The erroneous representation of existential reality is of such extent that it becomes evident –in the somatic and psychological level– through symptoms of vital deficiency, and, it can also be understood as an internal defense against further harm. Burnout prevention can arise from this existential understanding. It is similar to the prevention of addictions, extending from behavioral pro-