Do you feel mental tension or disturbance all the time? Fall asleep repeatedly to reduce stress? Have frequent headache problems? If so, you are experiencing mental fatigue. Often people ignore it as a common problem but, it can also be quite serious.

This problem can make you mentally and physically weak. Let's know about its causes and indications, which can be treated in time.

Causes of mental fatigue

  • When the body and mind have to do many things together, mental fatigue occurs.
  • You may also suffer from mental fatigue due to multi tasking and lack of sleep.
  • Mental fatigue may occur due to stress or excessive emotional phase.
  • People suffering from chronic illness often wake up repeatedly throughout the night due to pain, due to which they feel tired and due to lack of complete rest, health is affected. A combination of chronic pain and lack of sleep can lead to persistent fatigue. Due to which mental illness increases.
  • Health related illness also causes mental fatigue.
  • Eating gives the body energy and if we do not take good diet then it spoils our mental balance.

Signs of mental fatigue

1. The first sign of mental fatigue is insomnia (sleepiness)

The first symptom of mental fatigue is sleepiness. Good sleep is essential for both physical and mental health, so sleeplessness can be a sign of mental fatigue.

Insomnia and poor sleep can be dangerous for health. According to an estimate, women have more insomnia and sleep problems than men and these problems have a bad effect on mental and physical health. This problem can happen to people of any age. There can be many reasons behind the lack of sleep. We will talk about this in this article. First know the types of insomnia.

Types of Insomnia

Short term acute insomnia: It lasts from a few days to a few weeks and lasts for about three weeks. This can usually be due to the impact or stress of a traumatic event. Also, stress or any kind of reshuffle in life. This may be temperamental insomnia. Apart from this, there are also many other reasons why one does not sleep, such as working a lot, moving a lot, changing the environment. Short term acute insomnia also cures itself.

Chronic long term insomnia: It can be more than a month. This can happen after sleeping for several nights after sleeping. In such a situation, you should contact the doctor.

2. Weakness of memory is a sign of mental fatigue.

If you forget the small things that are important, then this problem can be of mental fatigue.

3. Lack of focus is also a sign of mental fatigue

Due to doing many things at the same time, the focus is not able to become due to which, the brain has difficulty in thinking and accepting new things.

4. Lack of motivation can also be a sign of mental fatigue

If you want to remain productive but, even if you are not able to do it or you have to work hard to do every little work, then you have got mental fatigue about which you need to find a solution.

5. Mental fatigue can be behind the rise of negative emotions

Suddenly you notice many negative emotions like anxiety, irritability, anger, sadness in yourself. If you struggle to be happy, then you have mental fatigue, due to which the brain is not working in a positive way.

6. Lack of appetite or excessive feeling can be the reason of mental fatigue

You neither have the energy to cook, nor the desire to eat, or you have started eating more often than before. Eat fast food and junk food again and again. These are all signs that your brain is not working well and that you are going through mental fatigue.

7. Physical symptoms also tell about mental fatigue

The brain is related to the body, some of its symptoms also appear on the body, such as headaches. Due to mental fatigue, hormones in the body also spoil the digestive system, due to which side effects such as abdominal pain, diarrhea, constipation are seen. Restlessness, gnashing of teeth, high blood pressure, increased heartbeat, shortness of breath, fainting and dizziness are also included in this list.

  • Measures to reduce mental fatigue
  • Stop doing too many things at once
  • Adopt a good lifestyle
  • do the exercise

Take the help of yoga and meditation, with the help of which you can reduce your mental fatigue and it also helps in reducing depression as well.

When a work makes a person feel tired, then things should be improved by changing the way of that work. For example, if a person takes more time to complete a work then he should take help of colleagues so that his work is completed on time and there is no mental fatigue also.

Good diet is necessary for your body, if your body will be healthy, your mind will also be happy, which will maintain mental balance, so that you will feel refreshed.

You can also take help of a therapist who teaches to deal with stress.

4-Breathing Techniques

To overcome mental fatigue, follow the breathing technique described below.

How to do breathing technique?

According to this technique you have to count to eight, when you count to four, you have to hold your breath. Now you have to hold this breath until you count to seven. After this, you have to let your breath out, counting to eight. It is very easy. Not only this, you can do this exercise anywhere anytime without the help of any machine or any other person.

According to a study done in Michigan, deep breathing is the best way to reduce anxiety and stress levels. Because when you take a deep breath, it sends a message to your mind to remain calm and relaxed. Taking a deep breath keeps you calm and comfortable. Deep breathing can have many other benefits as well -

Know the benefits of breathing techniques

 To deal with mental fatigue, you must first understand what the root causes are. Most people try to get better by making some lifestyle changes after knowing the proper reason, but if you have been struggling with fatigue for a long time, which is having negative effects on your life, do not ignore.

Seek advice from the doctor for relief. Hello Health Group does not provide any type of medical advice, treatment and diagnosis.