Burnout is a problem that entrepreneurs sometimes develop. The following symptoms characterize that problem:

Exhaustion – Do you feel tired no matter how much you sleep? It’s not just tiredness; it’s not able to get up at all.

Fatigue – Are you tired whenever you get stressed out about something?

Lack of Energy – Do you notice that you lack the energy you had previously when completing specific tasks?

Sleep Issues – Do you have trouble falling asleep, or are you sleeping more or less than usual. Adult humans need from 7 to 9 hours of sleep each evening for optimum performance. 

Poor Performance – When you are doing your work or doing tasks for your family, you aren’t doing them correctly and are making more mistakes than usual. 

Memory Issues – You’re late for appointments or miss meetings or just cannot remember your thoughts as you speak. 

Problems Focusing and Concentrating – If you have circular thoughts in your head, it can affect sleep but also affect your daily life keeping you from focusing on one thing at a time.

Indifference – You’re starting to feel as if you really don’t care about anything, whether business, family, friends, or fun. You don’t really get anything out of anything right now.

Disillusionment – You don’t think anything you thought was true is true now, and it’s causing you problems with getting joy out of your chosen business.

Restlessness – You keep looking up something new instead of focusing on your business choice. 

Loss of Empathy – You notice that you aren’t able to put yourself in someone else’s shoes right now due to your own issues overshadowing everyone else.

Cynicism and Bitterness – You feel straight-up bitter about the situation, and you can’t overcome it because you think nothing can change, including you.

Relationship Issues – What is happening in your business can also affect your home life and vice versa.  I saw this a lot in my relationship coaching practice. If your friendships and family relationships are being affected, it’s time to get some control over it.

Less Initiative – You just can’t be bothered to do anything because it’s just too hard, and you don’t come up with any new ideas.

Lower Imagination – It’s hard to imagine anything or tap into your creativity because you can’t focus, you’re tired, and your mind won’t relax enough.

Poor Health – Burnout can affect your physical health as well as your mental health and sometimes even be due to your physical health and poor nutrition. 

Heightened Anxiety – When you are experiencing burnout, sometimes you’ll also feel very anxious whenever the subject of work or the thing causing the issues comes up.

Depression – Burnout can be either caused by a severe major depressive episode or produce one. If you feel depressed or find yourself idealizing death, please seek professional medical care. 

You can also call a national suicide hotline to get help if you need it. 

In the US, call 1-800-273-8255.