5 Reasons For Prolonged Fatigue, Overwork

2024 Author: Harry Day | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-01-18 02:26

Chronic fatigue syndrome is a medical term, and such fatigue differs from ordinary overwork in that you will not be able to get rid of this feeling even after a good and long rest. Relatively speaking, you rested for a week or two, went to work and already on the first day you feel tired. In this case, medical reasons are likely. Our psychological and physical health are often linked, but first of all, you should always check your physical health. So what can be the causes of fatigue?

1. Physiological - unhealthy diet, lack of vitamins, improper daily routine, broken schedule (for example, you sleep little or go to bed too late, get up early), hormonal failure, anemia, vegetative vascular dystonia, elementary flu, heart problems, depression (physiologically justified, as a rule, is based on hormonal disorders, serotonin, norepinephrine, dopamine). If, even after a long rest, you still feel tired, you should contact a specialist - in this case, a neurologist / neuropathologist.
2. Psychological reasons. First of all, the imposition of unnecessary "must" on oneself.

There can be a lot of psychological reasons, or their pressure on you will be enormous. As a rule, this is associated with a strict Super Ego, early objects of attachment. For example, mom, dad, grandmother, grandfather told you not to rest (“You have to work until 8!”). As a result, when you come home at 5, you are still finishing some work at home by 8 or cleaning (you cannot go to bed if the dirty dishes or the apartment is not cleaned!). And this is not your desire at all! You don’t enjoy cleaning, you don’t enjoy the dishes. You are under pressure from some introjects from childhood, connected with early objects of attachment, which you successfully internalized, and now torture yourself with your voice (“You cannot go to bed if the dishes are not washed!”). There are much larger introjects - "You must definitely become successful!" Relatively speaking, this suffering is held in high esteem. For example, grandmother worked very hard 12-16 hours a day and kept telling you that she was trying for you (“But you haven't done your homework and go to bed / go to play! etc. "). Or mom / dad / grandfather / grandmother are very tired, and you see in the family this constant overwork, which is most often translated into words or on an emotional level (“I’m trying, I’m so great, but you don’t! You didn’t do this and this, and this, and did not fall from overwork! ").

You rest a little. Why is this point worth highlighting separately? Physiologically or externally, it may seem to you that you are resting (“I'm lying on the couch,” “I'm going to go to bed at 10 pm”). However, the real question is about the quality of rest - do you really turn off your head? People who cannot rest normally have a lot of anxious thoughts constantly spinning in their heads, and this is not rest. You need a rest so that all thoughts settle and you calm down. So, if you go to bed / sit down to rest, but at the same time in tension, or to finish playing the game, wash the dishes, you do not enjoy the process of rest, and, accordingly, there will be no rest as such. Your psyche is not resting.

Another option - you are lying or watching a TV series, walking with your family, but at the same time you constantly return your thoughts to the fact that you still need to wash the dishes, return home and urgently prepare a report, and this and that is planned for next month, so you need to prepare. The cycle of thoughts in your head can be endless. It is not considered a rest and a day off when you clean, wash, cook, do household matters, and all this happens throughout the day. If you have rested half a day and feel rested ("Fuuh, it has become easier in the body!"), And washing dishes will be a joy for you - then it will be a rest for you.

1. You have a long period of stress. Perhaps you have something new in your life right now, you are trying to adapt to new situations in your life (for example, having a child, divorce, or marriage / marriage). It may be a pleasant event, but it radically changes life - and now you cannot act automatically, your life will not be the same as before. Accordingly, you need to include all the resources of the psyche in order to understand how to adapt to a new situation and reduce energy costs. However, it can take quite a long time (one month, two months, or even a year) until you understand this pattern. For example, with a child - for a year he got used to the baby, but he is already growing, he began to walk, talk, and again you need to get used to it. We all have a different ability of the psyche (conventionally, container) to adapt to new events, to allocate resources for new events. For someone, a month may well be enough, for someone a year will not be enough (or even 10 years!) - and this will stress the psyche. Of course, 10 years of adapting to the new circumstances of your life is not the norm, and here you already need to look where you are missing the root, why this is happening.
2. Trauma or internal conflict. For example, they imposed on you - "You need it!" For example, others constantly insist that you need to get married. Yes, you got married, but you don’t need it, you don’t want to build a relationship with a person, and in general this is a completely wrong person, and you convinced yourself of the opposite and persuaded yourself to accept the position of society.

What could be the case with a newborn? You fall into a state of depression or your own trauma (in your childhood, everything was not as rosy as in your child), or you are simply angry with your baby that he constantly distracts you from your daily activities. However, at the same time, you must be a good mother / father, radiate goodness and joy, and lisp. Typically, without acknowledging your inner feelings and feelings, it takes twice as much energy to deal with the negativity you don't want to see. Here the way out is simple - to see and admit, this fact may already be easier.

Internal conflict arises at the moment when you force yourself to do what you do not want, or you do not see the other side of your experiences, do not realize childhood traumas, and, accordingly, find yourself in a situation that retraumatizes for you. For example, you got married, and your spouse is one of those people who like to communicate in a raised voice, for him this is a completely natural conversation, as was the custom in his family. In your family, raising the tone meant that you were being scolded, rejected, and caused severe mental pain. As a result, you constantly face a problem, but try to tell yourself that this is normal and nothing to worry about. You do not discuss the topic that worries you with your partner, or maybe you do not fully realize what exactly was wrong for you in this situation. However, while you are trying to close and deny your feelings, to cope with difficulties, the psyche works 2-3 times more than usual.