Hey, does anyone have good reading on burn out?

[EFerrari]

I'm trolling for readings for my group as several of us are dealing with that. In specific, burn out not related to work but to well, life. Dealing with mental health issues.

On line links would be great but any recommendations are appreciated.

TIA,
Beth

[Droopy]

1. I don't know if this is what you are looking for

I googled "burnout mental health" and this was the first selection that was mentioned. It looks like it gives some common reasons for burnout and psychological affects.

http://www.warrenshepell.com/makingconnections/art-understandingstress.asp

[rockedthevoteinMA]

2. I'm not really sure if this falls into the category you are looking for,

but this book helped me: Prozac Nation by Elizabeth Wurtzel: (according to Amazon)
From Publishers Weekly
Twenty-six-year-old Wurtzel, a former critic of popular music for New York and the New Yorker, recounts in this luridly intimate memoir the 10 years of chronic, debilitating depression that preceded her treatment with Prozac in 1990. After her parents' acrimonious divorce, Wurtzel was raised by her mother on Manhattan's Upper West Side. The onset of puberty, she recalls, also marked the onset of recurrent bouts of acute depression, sending her spiraling into episodes of catatonic despair, masochism and hysterical crying. Here she unsparingly details her therapists, hospitalizations, binges of sex and drug use and the paralyzing spells of depression which afflicted her in high school and as a Harvard undergraduate and culminated in a suicide attempt and ultimate diagnosis of atypical depression, a severe, episodic psychological disorder. The title is misleading, for Wurtzel skimps on sociological analysis and remains too self-involved to justify her contention that depression is endemic to her generation. By turns emotionally powerful and tiresomely solipsistic, her book straddles the line between an absorbing self-portrait and a coy bid for public attention. First serial to Vogue, Esquire and Mouth2Mouth.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1573225126/002-2307536-2646434?v=glance

And I adore Anne Lamott, though I am not a Christian... she has some wonderful stories to tell, and in this book she outlines her battle with addiction (and she's a liberal!) :)
Product Description:
Anne Lamott claims the two best prayers she knows are: "Help me, help me, help me" and "Thank you, thank you, thank you." She has a friend whose morning prayer each day is "Whatever," and whose evening prayer is "Oh, well." Anne thinks of Jesus as "Casper the friendly savior" and describes God as "one crafty mother."

Despite--or because of--her irreverence, faith is a natural subject for Anne Lamott. Since Operating Instructions and Bird by Bird, her fans have been waiting for her to write the book that explained how she came to the big-hearted, grateful, generous faith that she so often alluded to in her two earlier nonfiction books. The people in Anne Lamott's real life are like beloved characters in a favorite series for her readers--her friend Pammy, her son, Sam, and the many funny and wise folks who attend her church are all familiar. And Traveling Mercies is a welcome return to those lives, as well as an introduction to new companions Lamott treats with the same candor, insight, and tenderness.

Lamott's faith isn't about easy answers, which is part of what endears her to believers as well as nonbelievers. Against all odds, she came to believe in God and then, even more miraculously, in herself. As she puts it, "My coming to faith did not start with a leap but rather a series of staggers." At once tough, personal, affectionate, wise, and very funny, Traveling Mercies tells in exuberant detail how Anne Lamott learned to shine the light of faith on the darkest part of ordinary life, exposing surprising pockets of meaning and hope.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0385496095/qid=1113561212/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/002-2307536-2646434

Hope those help :)

[EFerrari]

3. Thank you, Droopy & rockedthevote!

I will check both out over the weekend.

best,
Beth