Feeling of physical and mental exhaustion, lack of energy and tone, difficulty concentrating and memorizing... The symptoms of fatigue - asthenia in medical terms - change depending on the nature of the fatigue: intense fatigue , transient or chronic. The frenetic pace of daily life, with the obligation to “ensure” at work, at home and in social relations, makes the phenomenon frequent. Lack of sleep, or even insomnia, makes it worse. And when the state of fatigue persists despite prolonged rest, this is an alarm signal. How to recognize and assess your level of fatigue? What are the natural solutions to fight against fatigue? Explanations.
All about fatigue to better fight it
The effects of tiredness
How to fight against fatigue?
KNOW EVERYTHING ABOUT FATIGUE TO FIGHT IT BETTER
Definition and characteristics of fatigue
Fatigue is a physiological state characterized by a decrease in the forces of the body, both on the physical level with a drop in vitality and tone and on the psychological level with an alteration in cognitive performance (reduced vigilance and difficulties of concentration). On a physical level, resting the body helps reduce fatigue and restore energy. Rest also proves beneficial on a psychological level, by granting the brain the possibility of recovering and sorting the flow of information received.
The acceleration of the rhythms of life observed in the contemporary way of life contributes to generalizing this phenomenon of fatigue.
Identify the causes of fatigue
Friday evening, an exhausting weekend, you collapse on your sofa after shopping in a crowded supermarket and dealing with traffic jams... Paris, one winter morning, you have to take the busiest line of the RER to get to your place of work, after an hour and a half of transport, you take your post and are already yawning in front of your screen… As a young parent, your newborn baby wakes up several times during the night, leaving you little respite before a long day ... Juggling between all the activities (professional, family, social…) can lead to overwork. Stress at work, difficult socio-environmental context, intense and repeated physical efforts, generate a lasting and intense feeling of fatigue. To combat this fatigue, it is essential to define it well, because there are different types of fatigue.
The different levels of fatigue
Constantly caught up in the activities of daily life, everyone can feel their energy reserves diminishing. What could be more banal than feeling tired? No one is spared. This is probably the number one complaint at the coffee machine on Monday mornings! However, this very common feeling remains subjective. Indeed, depending on our personality, our external environment and our resources, our resistance to fatigue will not be the same. Nevertheless, a fatigue that sets in is abnormal. Analyzing your fatigue to detect certain clues helps to determine an alert threshold, requiring medical care and monitoring.
