2023-11-07 14:02:27
Please note: fatigue can also be due to a chronic illness of the body or linked to taking toxic substances or medications..
Irritability? Sleeping troubles ? Difficulty concentrating? Indifference ? Loss of motivation? The problem is that each of these symptoms can be attributed to mental fatigue as well as physical fatigue… The symptoms of physical fatigue are not only physical… and the symptoms of mental fatigue are not are not just psychological. Result ? It is not always easy to identify the origin of your fatigue. However, it is an essential point to get back on your feet…
What is physical fatigue?
Physical fatigue is generally quite easy to visualize the origin of. Typically, it is what we feel after an intensive sports session, a hike or any other type of sustained and/or long physical activity. The problem? This is because there is also another type of physical fatigue: because the body is not tired only after a voluntary expenditure of energy… Other factors can cause physical fatigue: an overload of work, restless nights, the PMS and periods, cold, lack of vitamin D… and even lack of physical activity ! We then speak of reactive fatigue. It results from insufficient rest, a disturbed physical condition, an illness or an surgical procedure.
From symptoms of physical fatigue the most famous :
- the sleepiness,
- irritability, mood changes,
- migraines,
- stomach aches and digestive disorders,
- difficulty concentrating and memorizing,
- loss of motivation which can lead to depression,
- muscle and joint pain, aches, cramps, etc.
Mental fatigue is “a wear and tear of adaptive capacities due to too long overexposure to various stimuli, to constant pressure. The brain, constantly stimulated, without the possibility of rest, can no longer mobilize, hence the appearance of ‘psychological fatigue’defines psychologist Isabelle Méténier, author of “What if it was mental fatigue?2. It is the most common fatigue according to the Health Insurance website. Most often, it is due to a depressionHas anxiety disordersto a depressive phase of a bipolar disorder or eating disorders (anorexia nervosa more particularly). We also talk about mental fatigue.
Among the best known symptoms:
- lack of patience, irritability
- sleeping troubles
- difficulty concentrating
- mood disorders
- indifference to simple joys
- crisis of exhaustion: burn-out
The problem when it comes to mental fatigue is that if we prefer to ignore it, it is likely that the situation will get worse… “The body wears out, it can no longer regenerate, the cells age more quickly, muscle tension appears, the body and the brain have more difficulty evacuating toxins. There is no more mental breathing, the brain is congested like the liver when you eat poorly.explains Isabelle Méténier.
This is how the cardiovascular illnessesautoimmune diseases, cancers, burn-out…
Fatigue: when should you worry?
Being tired is nothing serious or abnormal. On the other hand, when fatigue persists despite sleep and rest, we must seek to know its origin because it can be the symptom of a chronic illness, of psychological suffering… If we cannot recover from his fatigue and the symptoms last more than 6 months, we talk chronic asthenia. It is then necessary to consult to seek to remedy this problem which can have serious consequences.
1. Asthenia (fatigue): definition, symptoms and causes, ameli.fr.
2. “What if it was mental fatigue”, Isabelle Méténier
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