What Is Emotional Exhaustion?

The so-called psychological fatigue is different from the physical fatigue caused by continuous energy consumption of the body. It refers to people who have engaged in some monotonous and mechanical work activities for a long time. With the changes of the body's biochemistry, the central nervous cells are constantly stressed. Suppression occurs, causing people's enthusiasm and interest in work and life to be significantly reduced, until they become bored. Mental fatigue often carries the nature of subjective experience, and is not entirely a reflection of changes in objective physiological indicators. For those who are suffering from mental fatigue, those who are milder have symptoms of disgust, avoiding work, study, and life, while those who are severely suffer from depression, neurasthenia, compulsive behavior, and changes in lifestyle habits such as starting smoking and drinking.

Psychological fatigue

The so-called psychological fatigue is different from the physical fatigue caused by continuous energy consumption of the body. It refers to people who have engaged in some monotonous and mechanical work activities for a long time. With the changes of the body's biochemistry, the central nervous cells are constantly stressed. Suppression occurs, causing people's enthusiasm and interest in work and life to be significantly reduced, until they become bored. Mental fatigue often carries the nature of subjective experience, and is not entirely a reflection of changes in objective physiological indicators. For those who are suffering from mental fatigue, those who are milder have symptoms of disgust, avoiding work, study, and life, while those who are severely suffer from depression, neurasthenia, compulsive behavior, and changes in lifestyle habits such as starting smoking and drinking.

Chinese name

Psychological fatigue

Foreign name

mental fatigue

Definition

Sub-health with reduced work efficiency is psychological fatigue

the reason

Harmful environmental stimuli, work disorders, etc.

main performance

Tiredness, boredom, loss of energy, etc.

Multiple people

White-collar workers, civil servants, etc.

Correction method

Develop strong will and tenacity

Aka

Mental fatigue

As the saying goes, life is not easy. When suffering from these "unsatisfactory", people often carry a heavy psychological burden on their backs, which leads to psychological fatigue. Experts say that the causes of mental fatigue are related to all aspects of social life, and specific to each person is not the same. If mental fatigue occurs without paying attention to treatment, it may cause a series of mental disorders such as neurasthenia and insomnia. So what are the causes of psychological fatigue, mainly in the following nine aspects:

1. Harmful environmental stimuli: crowded housing, noise, pollution, low temperature, high temperature;

2. Damaged physiological functions: disease, infertility, sexual dysfunction, insomnia, drug poisoning;

3. Work obstacles: difficult work, poor conditions, complicated operations, unfamiliar business, failed experiments, and inadequate power;

4. Interpersonal tensions: neighborhood discord, family disputes, promotion promotion is not smooth, husband and wife relationship breaks, sexual life is not harmonious, third party involvement, broken love, divorce;

5. Natural disasters and human calamities: natural disasters, accidents, borrowing, death of relatives, etc .;

6. Business damage and setbacks: operating losses, factory closures;

7. Too lonely and leisurely: retired, lonely elderly, unemployed, fired;

8. Social pressure: political movements, being criticized, breaking criminal laws, relocating to other places, and being displaced;

9. Rapid information processing: war, order, urgent tasks.

Regardless of the cause of psychological fatigue, if symptoms of mental fatigue occur, it is best to consult a professional psychologist as soon as possible, and ask the doctor for help and treatment. Especially for patients who do not know what the cause of their mental fatigue is, they should consult a doctor as soon as possible, find the cause with the help of the doctor, and then treat it symptomatically, get rid of the mental fatigue as soon as possible, and stay away from mental disorders. ^[1]

Its manifestations are dominated by mental psychology: fatigue, boredom, malaise, forgetfulness, insomnia, upset, dizziness. Some even get up in the morning and feel upset, listless, do not want to do anything before they start work, and get tired of working resistance. Rest alone cannot alleviate and eliminate fatigue.

Another major cause of mental fatigue is mental stress and excessive study and work. Due to the accelerated pace of modern life and high competitiveness, many people, especially young people, are afraid to fail in the competition, which leads to psychological tension and fatigue. In addition, complicated information bombardment, crowded housing, noise, poor working conditions, disease , Family discord, interpersonal tensions, career setbacks, etc. are also important factors that induce mental fatigue.

To relieve psychological fatigue, people must have an objective and correct estimate and requirements for themselves. They must not be too demanding or too hurried. They must be moderate in everything, and do not do anything hard to avoid long-term overload.

Some children often say "tired" or "too tired to move" to their parents after returning home from school. What children call "tiredness" is a kind of fatigue after intense study. One kind of fatigue is physiological fatigue, and the other is psychological fatigue.

Physiological fatigue is generally caused by physiological overload. For example, children who are involved in physical exertion or playing a football game will feel fatigued. However, because children are energetic, they can rest after a short rest. Quickly eliminate fatigue and restore physical strength.

Psychological fatigue is generally caused by the tension of the psychological strings. It not only causes physical fatigue, but also causes children's tiredness of learning. It may also develop into a psychological abnormality, affecting the child s Physical and mental health.

Therefore, once you find that your child is often in a state of fatigue, you should analyze whether it is physical or psychological fatigue. Experts believe that children with psychological fatigue often have the following manifestations:

I don't want to go to school, I don't want to see the teacher, and even shout "stomach pain", "headache", etc. before going to school.

Unwilling to do homework, drowsy at the mention of homework, sleepy when reading a book, unwilling to flip through books.

Even without outside interference, attention is often not focused. Although some children are also reading books, they cannot see them and cannot remember the words in the books.

Adults are reluctant to ask questions about their studies. They often remain silent about parental inquiries, sometimes show irritability, and often shift topics.

I can't play well in class, but I'm very active after class, showing that I can't play enough.

If the child's "tire" is found to be psychological fatigue, parents do not need to panic, and can take the following measures to correct it.

To relieve the child's mental stress. Parents must have a comprehensive understanding and correct estimation of their children, and their learning cannot be measured solely by the level of their scores. It depends on factors such as the child's original learning foundation, the difficulty of each test and the child's performance on the spot. Make a vertical comparison of your child's performance, that is, compare yourself to yourself, past and present.

It is to cultivate children's strong will and tenacity. Let the children be "victorious, not defeated", not bow their heads in the face of difficulties, and be good at summing up experience from failure.

While strict requirements on children, we must incorporate the parent's love for their children. Strive to encourage more than reprimand. Don't be simple and rude, so that children lose their confidence in learning.

Parents need to be targeted in tutoring and diversify their methods. For example, a child's difficulty with composition is not that he lacks extracurricular reading materials, but that he has no personal experience to write. This requires parents to bring their children to go out, increase opportunities to contact nature and society, and consciously guide children to observe and accumulate materials to form their own feelings. When they feel content is writable for gaining knowledge and are in a pleasant learning atmosphere, they will have endless fun. At this time, the psychological fatigue symptoms will definitely be eliminated.

Psychologists believe that fatigue is a natural response of the human body to external stress, a signal that health is on the alert line, and the body has warned us with a red light. For example, emotional tension and anxiety can lead to sweating, palpitations, shortness of breath, etc .; emotional shock can make people feel depressed, and hard work can make people feel exhausted. These bad emotions can also cause endocrine disorders, central nervous system dysfunction, excessive energy loss and even make people unable to work and live normally.

Psychological fatigue is the most complicated. It is closely related to various unpleasant emotions or moods. Rest can not eliminate this fatigue, and fatigue can be reduced or disappeared only when the mood is comfortable. The main reason is chronic fatigue caused by long-term overload operation, and excessive mental stress is also an important reason. Unfortunately, this fatigue is often overlooked. The most obvious manifestation of psychological fatigue is insomnia or waking up in nightmares, insomnia or even sleepless all night.

The development of modern society is reducing physical fatigue, while mental fatigue caused by psychological factors is on the rise. Negative emotions can affect a person's immune system and cause a person's ability to resist disease. Emotional setbacks (such as sprinters who are upset due to poor starting) can often cause fatigue. Mental fatigue is the disgust or discomfort caused by mental work (such as creative writing). Patients with fatigue syndrome are more likely to be accompanied by mental illness before or at the same time. Therefore, it is believed that mental factors play an etiological role in the disease. According to statistics, 40% to 47% of patients with fatigue syndrome suffer from depression, 32% of anxiety patients, and 15% of somatization disorders. 72% of patients with fatigue syndrome meet one or more diagnoses of mental illness.

Psychological adjustment method is a cure for psychological fatigue. We must constantly correct our old-fashioned consciousness and self-styled thoughts and practices, build self-confidence, and strengthen the courage to try new things. Yiran lives as a person and establishes a new concept of interpersonal relationship. When encountering difficulties and setbacks, try to overcome the negative emotions of pessimism and disappointment, and maintain the optimism of survival in adversity.