In this interview we asked @notorious.atc, Erica Marcano, about burnout among ATs, how it can manifest in the AT, how to be an advocate for you and your colleagues well being, and the tools to improve your self-care.

Timestamps

5:48- What is burnout

-Components

• Emotional exhaustion
• Depersonalization
• Decreased perception of personal accomplishments

7:26- How does burnout present in ATs

• -Changes in personality, withdrawal, irritability, etc.

9:27- Managing time when time is not in your control

• -Energy management

11:10- Figuring out the self-care that works for you

• -What makes you happy
• -What made you happy when you were younger and how that works with your life now

14:20- How to advocate for yourself and your colleagues’ self-care

17:47- The AT stereotype narrative

23:06- Battling the possibility of guilt/shame some may give for addressing burnout

• -Reflect if this is true for me
• -Others are viewing the situation from their lens

24:51- Approaching a colleague that is experiencing the signs and symptoms of burnout

27:06- Role of self-talk in burnout

• -Gratitude practice
• -Would you say what you said to yourself to your friend/roommate/family, etc.
• -Make sure you believe your own self-talk

33:31- Factors that contribute to burnout in ATs

-Role strain

• Role ambiguity
• Role conflict

35:51- Burnout EAP

• Link: https://www.thenotoriousatc.com/pdf-download

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