1 feelings of energy depletion or exhaustion. Its used to describe what happens when you are stressed and under pressure at work for a long time. How To Identify And Prevent Burnout Doctors and nurses for example who sacrifice themselves for others would often end up being burned out exhausted listless and unable to cope. What is a burn out . Physical and emotional exhaustion. When this stress isnt managed you may experience burnout. Burnout is a state of emotional physical and mental exhaustion caused by excessive and prolonged stress. In an ideal world nobody would experience burnout. And 3 reduced professional efficacy. Burnout is descried as an occupational phenomenon meaning that although its not a medical condition its something that people would seek help and support for. In many cases burnout is related to ones job. Feelings of ineffectiveness and lack of accomplishment. Nowadays the term is not only used for. Though its most often caused by probl...