How to Tell if You Have Reached the Point of Burnout?

Breaking Point: How to tell you have reached the burnout phase? The term 'Burnout' is relatively a new term coined by Herbert Freudenberger in 1974, and according to him, burnout is... Overwork is definitely a problem in America as the rates of burnout across fields are between 40 to 50 per cent. Here are some signs that you are burning out:
Depleted physical energy
Emotional exhaustion
Increased illness
Increasingly pessimistic outlook
Increased absenteeism and inefficiency at work
Impaired concentration