Mastery University Adolescent Mental Health Centre

Adolescent and academic burnout is a serious issue that can have a significant impact on a young person’s mental and physical health. It is important to be aware of the signs and symptoms of burnout, and to know how to help someone who is struggling.

What is burnout?

Burnout is a state of emotional, physical, and mental exhaustion caused by prolonged or excessive stress. It can manifest in ¹ a variety of ways, including fatigue, irritability, difficulty concentrating, and loss of motivation.  

What are the signs and symptoms of burnout in adolescents?

There are a number of signs and symptoms of burnout in adolescents, including:

• Physical symptoms: Fatigue, headaches, stomachaches, changes in appetite or sleep patterns. Losing sleep, bad memory, can’t focus, racing mind and procrastination are major signs of issues you need to go treat.
• Emotional symptoms: Irritability, anxiety, depression, loss of interest in activities that were once enjoyed
• Behavioral symptoms: Increased use of substances, changes in academic performance, withdrawal from social activities and anger towards yourself, family and others. Get help when this starts to happen.

What can parents and educators do to help prevent burnout?

There are a number of things that parents and educators can do to help prevent burnout in adolescents, including:

• Promote a healthy lifestyle: Encourage adolescents to get enough sleep, eat a healthy diet, and exercise regularly.
• Set realistic expectations: Help adolescents to set realistic goals for themselves, and avoid overloading them with too many activities.
• Encourage them to take breaks: Make sure that adolescents have time to relax and de-stress, and encourage them to take breaks from their studies.
• Talk to them about their stress levels: Encourage adolescents to talk to you about their stress levels, and help them to develop healthy coping mechanisms.
• Seek professional help: If you are concerned that an adolescent is experiencing burnout, seek professional help from a therapist or counsellor. If you want a turnkey approach then invest in your son or daughter, or yourself, with a 4-12 week total life transformation program at Mastery University. The very best way to heal, recover and renew your life is to hit the problems of depression, trauma, anxiety, adhd, personality disorders or just downright lost-ness head on. That is the benefit of an adolescent inpatient treatment centre program.

What can adolescents do to help themselves prevent burnout?

There are a number of things that adolescents can do to help themselves prevent burnout, including:

• Take care of themselves: Make sure to get enough sleep, eat a healthy diet, and exercise regularly. Take that gap year, even for a month!
• Set realistic goals: Set realistic goals for themselves, and avoid overloading themselves with too many activities.
• Take breaks: Make sure to take breaks from their studies and other activities. You are NOT falling behind working on yourself.
• Relax and de-stress: Find healthy ways to relax and de-stress, such as spending time in nature, listening to music, or spending time with friends and family. Life is good. You are not your studies, or your job.
• Talk to someone they trust: Talk to a trusted adult about their stress levels, and seek professional help if needed.

It is important to remember that burnout is a serious issue that can have a significant impact on a young person’s life. If you are concerned that an adolescent is experiencing burnout, it is important to seek professional help. The idea of ‘just try harder’ or ‘keep pushing’ or ‘forget about it’ from clueless parents is an old-fashioned model that simply honest work in today’s world. Academic suicide rates for adolescents is peaking. So are instances of depression, anxiety and burnout along with many other personality and mood issues becoming far worse. But, what you need to know is this. There is Hope for adolescent and academic burnout! It is now the new normal and all you need to do is go and treat it. The hope is that once you go on a healing and life transformation journey, you have the tools that you will use for the rest of your life to self regulate.

What is the Mastery University mental health program about?

A program like Mastery University should be mandatory for anyone who’s had mental, emotional or physical set backs in their life. Adolescents who have had things like addictions, eating disorders or behavioural issues caused by trauma or adhd for example all will need to study a course in self regulation at some point. Our message is why wait? It is the opportunity of a life time to get a head of the pack once and for all.

The Mastery Adolescent Mental Health and Emotional Wellness Centre offers programs designed for 18-32 year olds who are wanting to get out into the world with a complete advantage, regardless of whatever held you back before.

The Center for Healing offers a variety of services, including:

• A 4-12-week stay program
• Individualized stays
• Mastery School, where students can complete school and University with the best tools to handle mental, emotional and physical life challenges.

The Center’s for Healing and Life Transformations special adolescent mental wellness programs are designed to help teens and the younger folks to develop the skills and confidence they need to succeed in life.

If you are interested in learning more about the Mastery Adolescent Mental Health and Emotional Wellness Centre, please visit their website or contact them directly. Contact Mastery University Adolescent Mental Health Centre