Just like an intense workout session or continued physical activity can make you feel tired and physically exhausted, long periods of mental activity can wear you out too! Often we ignore this kind of exhaustion, which takes a toll on our overall performance and reduces our quality of life.
This can also be called "mental exhaustion" or "mental fatigue". It can occur either when your brain receives too much stimulation or is actively engaged in intense activities without proper rest and breaks. Our modern-day lifestyle revolves around technology, and a hence overwhelming amount of communication channels are rapidly changing and operating. Being continuously connected with a wider audience has been linked with various mental health challenges, the most important one being "stress". This excessive exposure to stress and changing stress levels also reflect mental fatigue or mental exhaustion.
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But the question arises, what does mental exhaustion feel like and what are the main reasons for excessive mental exhaustion in today's generation.
Well, here's your answer-
In the world we live today, it is unlikely to live stress-free. Situations, where you're feeling overwhelmed, burnt out, and frustrated because of the stresses we face, are common. But is it healthy to let things go as they are?
No!
Mental exhaustion can greatly impact your physical well-being and likewise, physical exhaustion also negatively affects your mental health. Mental fatigue or exhaustion can manifest in many ways, the three most important ones being -
1. Emotional imbalance
The common symptoms when mental exhaustion manifests as emotional consequences include low emotional resilience, suicidal thoughts, lowered motivation, depression, anxiety, social isolation (difficulty in interacting with people), helplessness, and a lot more. Anything that makes you "feel" the wrong way and drains your energy.
2. Physical factors
Physically, mental exhaustion shows in the form of irregular sleeping patterns or sleep issues (insomnia, or too much sleep), unexplained but severe body pains, and feeling fatigued/tired all the time (even without doing any work).
3. Behavioral implications
When do you know that mental exhaustion is taking up on your behavior? It is when you're procrastinating (unlike your normal disciplined lifestyle), substance abuse, memory difficulties, increased irritability, arguments with people (and especially with loved ones), and feeling distracted when spending time with people you love.
What could be the reasons you're feeling one or more of what is mentioned above?
Well, ask yourself these questions and see what you get-
4. Are you setting impractical goals and timelines for yourself?
It is good to dream big but making goals, which are impractical to achieve in a partial timeline and then stretching yourself to reach there is what makes your brain more and more exhausted. It's practically not possible to excel both in work and home life, follow your passion, do your hobbies, travel the world, and take up social work, all at the same time. In other words, it's not possible to do everything simultaneously and perfectly even if it sounds tempting or doable. Over-commitment is a big no-no!
While most of us buy into the thought of maintaining a perfect image by managing everything perfectly, the pressure it brings is definitely exhausting, and eventually takes a toll on our mental well-being. You need to stop, rest, recharge, think and change your strategy!
5. Are you prioritizing?
Often do you feel pulled in different directions in life without a real focus, a goal, or a purpose? Or even if you know what exactly you want to do (and these are a lot many things), you still don't see any progress happening?
Well, that's probably because of the lack of prioritizing. The feeling of lack of achievement or accomplishment, the increased workload, and the stress to maintain reliability makes for the perfect recipe for "burnout", which eventually leads to bigger mental health issues.
6. Are you too connected way too much with the virtual world?
As mentioned earlier in the blog, advancements in technology and excessive digital connectivity on one hand help us connect with the huge world just by a click on our cell phones. It has also made us all " constant checkers", always tethered to our phones while emails pile up and work calls don't end. We are constantly connected on social media but disconnected in the true sense (from our families, friends, and ourselves in our real life ).
Research has also indicated once in a while unplugging, and digital detox is a must to keep our mental health on point in the fast-paced world.
7. Do you have your stress relief mechanism?
While stress is an inevitable part of our modern, and busy lifestyles, one cannot ignore the signals that our body and mind give when either of them is overworked. How most of us have learned to deal with stress is a highly inefficient, and infrequent stress relief mechanism that can include substance abuse (drinking alcohol, smoking, excessive intake of caffeine, engaging in junk eating, and consuming fatty comfort foods). Some think exercising once a week or getting a massage once a month helps, but it doesn't.
Having a regular, personalized, and healthy stress relief mechanism is important for our health to reinforce itself after all the stress we experience in a day. This can include regular yoga, aromatherapy sessions, muscle relaxation exercises, and regular massages. You can also go for short trips/vacations (if you like traveling and that's your stress buster).
8. Are you living with an existing chronic health illness or mental health condition?
A reason for mental exhaustion could also be a chronic health illness that you're dealing with or an existing mental health condition, for example, anxiety, depression, or Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) that restricts your participation in daily life activities, is progressive, and is getting worse with time.
In this case, taking proper care of your physical and mental health (by having a good diet, maintaining regular sleep patterns, and taking your medication on time), and staying in touch with your doctor is absolutely essential.
There are many other reasons why one experiences a mental explanation. Right from lack of emotional support to something as small and as important as "how happy you feel on an everyday basis" can affect the fatigue in your mind. And hence, one has to be very mindful of the environment they live in, and the kind of lifestyle they are adopting.
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