The reason people are getting more and more tired

More and more people suffer from disintegration throughout the day - the consequences of excessive mental and physical torture or the signaling of a new disease?

A few years ago, Anna Katharina Schaffner, a literary and medical historian at Kent University (Canterbury, England) became a victim of exhaustion. At first it felt heavy on the muscles and the mind. She couldn't even do basic daily living tasks, so concentrating on work was getting harder and harder.

However, every time she relaxed, she could not leave her hands on the phone repeatedly, as if each email was a savior. Of course, boredom still doesn't let her go. Not only Anna, Pope Benedict XVI and diva Mariah Carey have also experienced this. They are diagnosed with physical exhaustion.

The faces are tired, lack of energy.

Media calls this a modern disease . But call this "disease" a bit exaggerated, because it is an essential part of life? With specialized knowledge, Schaffner decided to learn and as a result, the book "Exhaustion: A History" was born.

Deficiency is a concern now, after negative mental health numbers are growing. Research shows that 50% of doctors in Germany are exhausted at all times, even thinking about getting up early enough is depressing enough.

Exhaustion is a more "advanced" branch of depression.

In the book, Schaffner points out that exhaustion is the "superior" branch of depression . People who fail in their lives are depressed, and those who are successful and in short position are gradually under pressure to have successive achievements.

However, they are not similar in symptoms. People who are depressed are not self-deprecating, even self-loathing, depleted people are not like that. Depression when depletion is often poured into the environment. Exhaustion is also not a chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) that lasts more than six months and causes patients to suffer physically when performing small activities.

It's easy to catch many people sleeping in public places due to fatigue.

To understand simple , the brain is overloaded in a modern working environment. A person is judged by their performance and social ability, making them always in a state of dealing with the deadly danger at all times, under long-term stress under the hormones secreted as muscle. may be unstable.

When studying history, Schaffner also discovered extreme fatigue that has emerged since ancient Rome. Dr. Galen described this as a physical and mental imbalance due to the transformation of four factors: black bile, yellow bile, blood and sputum in the body, causing people to be indifferent, languid and melancholy. Of course, it is speculated that these substances are inserted into the brain without grounds, but it also indicates that the problem lies in the human brain.

After that a long time of depletion was explained in the view of religion and astrology, full of superstitious colors like onions, and then considered a factor to create talents like Oscar Wilde, Charles Darwin. , making many people seem to be proud of their situation. Now thanks to modern medicine, it has the official name "neurasthenia".

The disease has an official name as " neurasthenia".

Thus the ancients also suffer from this, showing that this is an indispensable part of human life, only different ways to explain the cause. It is hard to say whether this is a mental or physical illness, since both are damaged.

The mechanism of "dissipating energy" is still not well understood, or the cause of them is due to mind or social pressure, but what is certain is that psychology and body have an intimate relationship. Suffering aggravates the pain and in special cases causes seizures or blindness. However, Schaffner does not deny that modern life has a certain influence on the body, with concern about performance and that it is good enough.

In addition, she agreed that email and social networking also deplete reserves and stress, but people cannot leave them as part of their work.

It is not easy to cure this disease.

So what can history draw from history? That cure this disease is not easy. Many people are assigned to rest but boredom only makes them worse. Until now, therapists are trying cognitive behavioral therapy to manage their energy and emotions. Some people take energy from sports, some read books. Most important is to outline the line between work and entertainment.

After completing the study, Schaffner confirmed that she found her personal condition improved significantly."The paradox is that studying diseases makes me feel better. I like this topic very much and I feel comforted knowing that so many people have experienced the same thing. Having a partner in different circumstances also has a significant effect on improving health, " Schaffner concluded.