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Imani State of Mind

What Work-Life Balance?? Let's Talk Burnout

Imani State of Mind

Imani State of Mind

Mental Health, Health & Fitness, Hobbies, Education, Leisure, Self-improvement

4.8764 Ratings

🗓️ 8 October 2020

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

Caregiver burnout is REAL— especially during a pandemic! How are you supposed to go to work, teach your kids math, make sure your parents are okay, clean your house, and get food on the table without losing it? Imani breaks down why burnout is a serious mental health issue and shares some tips to cope. Plus, we're throwing it back to the 90s for this week's Pop Culture Diagnosis about Saved By The Bell’s very special episode on caffeine pill addiction. (We are so excited!) Keep up with Dr. Imani on Instagram @doctor.imani and on Twitter @doctor_imani.

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0:00.0

My son, Edries, he started school this month, and it's actually been going pretty well for him.

0:06.0

We pretty much have our daily routine down. And since he's 13, he's actually not as dependent on me as he

0:14.4

used to be. So he can make his breakfast and he can, you know, get himself together. I don't have to

0:19.6

tell him to take a shower. He's very

0:21.0

regimented, which is nice. But lunch falls on me. And last week, I forgot to have lunch ready. I was just

0:28.4

running around busy. Idris was actually like, yo, like, you know, I'm supposed to, I'm going to start

0:33.8

school back in like 15 minutes. Like, I thought you would, you know, have something ready for me, order something for me.

0:39.9

And I was like, oh, my God.

0:41.3

So I felt really bad.

0:43.1

And I ordered him something.

0:44.3

And it was fine.

0:45.2

He was really like, whatever, because we had enough snacks.

0:47.8

And it wasn't a disruption in his day.

0:50.2

But it really did make me feel, it made me feel bad. It made me feel like I wasn't parenting well.

0:59.7

I just, I've had a lot more on my plate trying to manage my household and my son's workload and

1:06.8

my workload has been kind of stressful. So, you know, this pandemic has actually gotten me

1:13.5

feeling more stressed and more anxious. I'm actually, I actually woke up with some anxiety this

1:18.5

morning. And as a psychiatrist, I know that burnout is a real problem and I have to watch out for

1:26.4

my anxiety increasing, which it has. I have to watch out for

1:30.1

me feeling guilty about not having lunch ready. Just all the little things that on a normal day,

1:38.0

I probably wouldn't be annoyed by. This pandemic as it stretched on has really just highlighted

1:43.4

a lot of the things that I, I guess

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