Burnout in Churches and Christian Faith-Based Organisations

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Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) (DSM-III 1980s) Stuck in trauma memories and reliving the horror, even when it has passed. Burnout (Maslach 1970s) Related to occupational processes/daily grind of prolonged stress that can occur in any profession. • Previous exposure to trauma • Prolonged exposure to traumatic material of sufferers • Serious Accidents • Abuse, including childhood or domestic • Torture • Serious health problems • War and conflict • Childbirth experiences • Occupational processes and structures • Personal characteristicss, e.g. perfectionist, not able to stop working • Work-related attributes, e.g. colleagues 19
Common responses that traumatised people experience are: • Often feeling ‘unsafe’ as they have lost a sense of safety in their being. • Constantly ‘on guard’ of something bad happening and can seem ‘jumpy’/hypervigilant. • Difficulty in trusting people and feeling isolated. • Loss of memory and poor concentration. • Preoccupied with the trauma/complete avoidance of any reminder of the event. i.e. visiting a place. • Deep sense of guilt, shame, and despair. • Emotional dysregulation, which means it is very difficult to calm distressing emotions and selfsooth when feeling terrified and overwhelmed. Figure 2 - The Triune Brain Source: MacLean (1960) cited in Zarcinas (2019) Appreciating the range of common responses is helpful, as to an extent is understanding how the brain works. In recent decades, the collaborative work of neuroscience and psychotherapy have revolutionised ways of understanding the way stress and trauma impacts the brain which affects our behaviour. In the 1960s American physician and neuroscientist, Paul D. MacLean (1990), identified three areas of the human brain called the Triune Model (Figure 2) which gained wide acceptance especially in the field of trauma therapy. As a result, other models have been conceptualised based on the early findings of MacLean’s work linking brain functioning with social behaviour. The Triune Model includes three entities; a “reptilian brain” which is in charge of survival functions; a “limbic brain” which is in charge of emotions; and the “neocortex brain”, which is in charge of rational thinking. MacLean (1990) argued a brain hierarchy in terms of evolutionary development, believing the reptilian brain is the oldest part of our brain and the neo-cortex is the youngest. During times of stress, the oldest part of the brain takes precedence to enable survival and its reaction is involuntary. However, one of the main reasons why we do not use our fight or flight reflex when we are angry or stressed with someone is because the rational part of the brain helps us develop more civilised ways of behaviour, such as engaging in a difficult situation in a calm, collected and emotionally regulated manner. This way of behaving is learnt. 20
Page 1: Guidance on preventing stress and b
Page 6 and 7: We therefore offer you our reflecti
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Page 77 and 78: References Adams, C.J., Hough, H.,
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