--- title: "Burnout test online — free, 18 questions, instant result" description: "18 questions about exhaustion, disengagement, effectiveness and recovery. Free, instant result; answers stay in your browser. Self-observation, not a diagnosis." url: https://manasiway.com/en/tests/burnout/ lang: en updated: 2026-09-29 tokens: 1930 --- # Burnout 18 statements about how you have been feeling over the last two weeks at work or in your main occupation (study, caring for children). Answer as things really are — there are no right answers here. Your result appears straight away. - 18 questions - about 5 minutes - answers never leave your browser Answers are processed in your browser only: they are never sent to the site and they disappear when you refresh the page. If you feel very bad right now and have thoughts of harming yourself, or that you would be better off not living, do not wait for an appointment. Contact your local emergency service. In Kazakhstan — 112 or 103; free round-the-clock psychological help — 1303 (Almaty). In another country, call your local emergency number. 1. I wake up with no energy, even when I have had enough sleep. How often has this been true over the last two weeks? Almost never / Sometimes / Often / Almost always 2. By the end of the day I have no energy left for anything but a screen. Almost never / Sometimes / Often / Almost always 3. I feel wrung out by the middle of the day. Almost never / Sometimes / Often / Almost always 4. After work I need more than an hour just to feel like myself again. Almost never / Sometimes / Often / Almost always 5. My body makes itself felt more often: headaches, back pain, stomach trouble, colds. Almost never / Sometimes / Often / Almost always 6. Things that used to absorb me now leave me indifferent. Almost never / Sometimes / Often / Almost always 7. I do my work on autopilot, just so the day will end. Almost never / Sometimes / Often / Almost always 8. The people I work with or deal with for work increasingly leave me irritated or indifferent. Almost never / Sometimes / Often / Almost always 9. I am starting not to care how the things I do turn out. Almost never / Sometimes / Often / Almost always 10. I still see meaning in what I do. Almost never / Sometimes / Often / Almost always 11. It feels as though my efforts change nothing. Almost never / Sometimes / Often / Almost always 12. I make more mistakes in things I used to do without effort. Almost never / Sometimes / Often / Almost always 13. New tasks feel beyond me, although I used to manage ones like them before. Almost never / Sometimes / Often / Almost always 14. I see tasks through to a result as easily as I used to. Almost never / Sometimes / Often / Almost always 15. Weekends do not restore me: by Monday I am just as empty. Almost never / Sometimes / Often / Almost always 16. I put off resting because “everything has to be finished first”. Almost never / Sometimes / Often / Almost always 17. I cut back on sleep to get more done. Almost never / Sometimes / Often / Almost always 18. In the evening I manage to switch off from work and turn to my own life. Almost never / Sometimes / Often / Almost always Over the last two weeks, have you had thoughts of harming yourself, or that you would be better off not living? Only you can see this answer, and it is not counted in the score. This question is the same in every test: it is about safety, not the topic of the test, and it is asked out of care, not for diagnosis. No / Rarely / Often / I'd rather not say This is an author-made self-observation checklist, not a validated instrument and not a medical assessment. It does not diagnose anything and does not replace a consultation with a specialist. ## What this is based on The checklist is built on the two constructs of the Oldenburg Burnout Inventory (OLBI) — exhaustion and disengagement from work. To these are added a third sign from Maslach's model — a reduced sense of effectiveness — and a separate area of recovery, drawing on the work of Sonnentag and Fritz. The statements are worded independently and do not reproduce items from those questionnaires. This is self-observation, not a validated instrument: the total from 0 to 54 is divided into four bands — from “your strength is holding” to “exhaustion is felt in everything” — and is a reason to take a closer look at yourself, not a diagnosis. ### Sources 1. Demerouti E., Bakker A.B., Nachreiner F., Schaufeli W.B. (2001). The job demands-resources model of burnout. *Journal of Applied Psychology*. [DOI 10.1037/0021-9010.86.3.499](https://doi.org/10.1037/0021-9010.86.3.499) 2. Maslach C., Schaufeli W.B., Leiter M.P. (2001). Job burnout. *Annual Review of Psychology*. [DOI 10.1146/annurev.psych.52.1.397](https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev.psych.52.1.397) 3. Sonnentag S., Fritz C. (2007). The Recovery Experience Questionnaire: Development and validation of a measure for assessing recuperation and unwinding from work. *Journal of Occupational Health Psychology*. [DOI 10.1037/1076-8998.12.3.204](https://doi.org/10.1037/1076-8998.12.3.204) 4. Bianchi R., Schonfeld I.S., Laurent E. (2015). Burnout–depression overlap: A review. *Clinical Psychology Review*. [DOI 10.1016/j.cpr.2015.01.004](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpr.2015.01.004) 5. World Health Organization (2019). Burn-out an “occupational phenomenon”: International Classification of Diseases. *WHO, departmental news, 28 May 2019*. [URL www.who.int/news/item/28-05-2019-burn-out-an-occupational-phenomenon-international-classification-of-diseases](https://www.who.int/news/item/28-05-2019-burn-out-an-occupational-phenomenon-international-classification-of-diseases) ## Tired of being tired? At the first consultation we will calmly look at what exactly is draining your energy — the load, expectations or the inability to stop — and set a goal by which progress will be visible. [Book a consultation](https://manasiway.com/en/booking/) ## Worth reading - [Burnout is not laziness](https://manasiway.com/en/articles/burnout-is-not-laziness/) — Three signs of burnout, why a holiday is not enough and where recovery starts. - [Boundaries without guilt](https://manasiway.com/en/articles/boundaries-without-guilt/) — Where the guilt after saying no comes from, three myths about boundaries and how to practise saying no. - [Inner critic](https://manasiway.com/en/articles/inner-critic/) — Where it came from, why “just don’t listen to it” doesn’t work, and what does. ## See also - [Tests](https://manasiway.com/en/tests/) — all tests in one place - [Individual therapy](https://manasiway.com/en/consultations/) — how individual work goes - [Audio practices](https://manasiway.com/en/programs/) — hypnomeditations and recordings - [Contacts](https://manasiway.com/en/contacts/) — how to get in touch and book --- HTML version: https://manasiway.com/en/tests/burnout/ · Booking: https://manasiway.com/en/booking/ · WhatsApp: https://wa.me/77025360139 · Telegram: https://t.me/Lyudmila_manasiway