We’ve all experienced being tired at one point or another, after a hectic day at work, after vigorous aerobic exercise, after playing a sport. Feeling tired after very physical activity is normal. But many people feel tired even when they wake up in the morning, despite a seemingly long sleep. You are one of them? Do you often feel a lack of energy for seemingly no reason? To address this problem, the first step is to know what is causing it.
These are the 4 most common causes of extreme tiredness:
Fourth most common cause: medical conditions
Many diseases and disorders can trigger fatigue, such as the flu, anemia, and sleep disorders such as sleep apnea or restless leg syndrome. Hormone problems, heart disease, and cancer are also known to cause fatigue. Certain medications, especially those used to treat chronic illnesses, also cause extreme tiredness. The source of one’s extreme tiredness can be even more difficult to trace if one has undiagnosed medical problems. When abnormal physiological conditions are experienced, it is best to consult a doctor.
Third most common cause: emotional worries and stress.
Studies suggest that psychological factors are present in at least 50% of fatigue cases. Emotional concerns can include depression, chronic anxiety, emotional stress, and excessive grief, especially due to the loss of a loved one.
Second most common cause: workplace problems
This is especially pervasive in the working population juggling work priorities, family concerns, and social life. Examples of workplace fatigue triggers are shift work and bad workplace practices such as working long hours, hard physical labor, irregular work hours (such as rotating shifts), stressful work environment and even boredom. Social factors at work, such as working alone with little or no interaction with others and fixed concentration on a repetitive task, are also known culprits. Workplace stress caused by a wide range of factors including job dissatisfaction, heavy workload, conflicts with superiors or colleagues, bullying, constant and unwanted changes, and threats to job security they are also known culprits. Recently, burnout among workaholics, the result of overexerting themselves in the workplace while neglecting everything else, tends to drain all their energies from other aspects of their lives. Even among the unemployed, the financial pressures, feelings of failure or guilt, and the emotional exhaustion of a prolonged job search can lead to fatigue.
And finally the most common cause of extreme tiredness: unhealthy lifestyle choices
In the absence of a general medical condition, psychological problems, and work-related stress, lifestyle choice is the most common cause of extreme fatigue among all ages. Common lifestyle choices that can cause fatigue include: lack of sleep, sleeping too much, alcohol and drug use, sleep disturbances, no or lack of regular exercise, and poor diet. In some cases, extreme tiredness is caused by a combination of these factors.
Diagnosis can be difficult, which makes treatment even more difficult. The consequences of extreme exhaustion can be even worse. To avoid this plague, it is best that we know the triggers and avoid them at all costs. As they say, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
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