{"id":33779,"key":"Burnout","title":"Burnout","latest":{"id":1206304,"timestamp":"2025-11-27T19:53:39Z"},"content_model":"wikitext","license":{"url":"https://www.appropedia.org/Appropedia:Copyrights","title":"CC-BY-SA-4.0"},"source":"[[File:Woman Suffering From Occupational Burnout.jpg|thumb]]\n\n'''Burnout''' is a real risk for [[aid and development workers]], including volunteers.\n\nObservation in the field will tell you that it's extremely rare for a Westerner to spend more than 8 years in a [[developing country]] context without becoming bitter. If you want to avoid burning out, spend less than 8 years in the field before you return home (or somewhere like home). Don't even think about moving back for some years after that - even though you may still work in the same area and even pay visits (not too extended).\n\nYour mental health is precious - don't expose yourself unnecessarily to risks of posttraumatic stress disorder{{W|Posttraumatic stress disorder}} (PTSD).\n\nSee \"Ten Principles to Help Aid Workers Thrive\" [http://www.how-matters.org/2011/03/23/ten-principles/ from Satori Worldwide] and \"Isn't it time for a morale boost?\" [http://www.how-matters.org/2010/07/10/isn't-it-time-for-a-morale-boost/ on how-matters.org].\n\n== External links ==\n\n* [[Wikipedia:Burnout (psychology)]]\n\n{{Page data\n| license = CC-BY-SA-3.0\n| description = Aid workers face real pressure. Appropedia explores burnout and how to manage it with care and support.\n}}\n\n[[Category:Aid and development workers]]\n[[Category:Principles of development]]\n[[Category:Culture and development]]"}