Summary: This questionnaire is designed to help you self-assess your level of burnout. It does not replace the need for professional assessment or support.
Directions: Place a check beside any of the following symptoms you’re experiencing. If at the end of the questionnaire you find you’ve made many checkmarks, please consider additional support.
- I am constantly exhausted, tired, fatigued, or overwhelmed.
- I am becoming increasingly irritable. My fuse is getting shorter.
- I feel a sense of hopelessness, like “Why bother?” or “Who cares anyway?”
- I experience regular sleep disturbance; I feel like I never sleep enough.
- I am always sleepy and sleep as much as I can. I have trouble doing my daily activities.
- I have experienced a significant change in appetite, up or down.
- I feel unappreciated most of the time.
- I notice that I have become overly dogmatic, inflexible, or rigid.
- I worry I am losing a clear perspective on work or life.
- I feel I would let everyone down or let things fall through the cracks if I take a break.
- I have noticed myself becoming more cynical, pessimistic, or hyper-critical.
- I have difficulty making decisions or feel I am making poor decisions.
- I have spent less time with / am avoiding spending time with my friends and family.
- I have engaged less rather than more in activities that used to bring me pleasure.
- I have more trouble concentrating and/or my brain feels foggy.
- I feel I look after certain people impersonally, as if they are objects.
- I feel apathetic or bored.
- I have the impression that people often make me responsible for their problems.
- I feel like many tasks require a great deal of effort.
- I feel like no progress has been made, and I am unable to make progress.
