In recent months, with the health crisis due to Covid-19, the mental health of the French has greatly deteriorated. Some of you, for example, have felt – and still feel – great mental fatigue. This feeling of psychic exhaustion is also called nervous fatigue or mental or psychic asthenia. There are several signs to help you identify it.
Unlike the usual physical fatigue, mental fatigue occurs at any time of the day. It can occur without you even having practiced any physical or intellectual activity during your day, which is particularly worrying. And for good reason, asthenia can reveal a mental or physical disorder. You have to be very attentive to the signs.
“Most often, this form of asthenia is due to depressionat anxiety disordersa depressive phase of a bipolar disorder or eating disorders (anorexia nervosa in particular)“, indicates health insurance.
It is also the most common fatigue, according to Ameli. Improving your lifestyle, increasing your relaxation time or resuming physical activity can help you recover if you are mentally exhausted. Nevertheless, if this fatigue persists, consider consult a health professional.
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