I feel so tired after half a day of work, never mind working a full day. After a couple of weeks of this, when i get home, i have no energy left for anything. Even things I usually enjoy.

Everything feels like a drag at that point and I can’t seem to do anything to improve this.

Doing this for a few more months usually ends up with me having to quit my job or i will get so tired and sick I can’t do anything anymore.

How to deal with this?

  • Eideen@lemmy.worldEnglish
    161·
    5 months ago

    Paul from Autisme from the inside, recommended that one think about recovery from mental exhaustion as work.

    Autisme from the inside: The burnout trap

    So have started think 15 mental break/ 45min work. With meditation or non sleep deep rest. Sometime I do 90min or more but take equivalent longer break.

    Dr Andrew Huberman

    After the 90-minute interval, take a 30-minute break. Use this time to relax, recharge, and step away from your work. This break allows your brain to reset and prepares you for the next focused session. After the break, return to another 90-minute focused session

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HINgMMTzPE

    I also noticed that if my Vitamin D level is low it take a lot longer to recover. For non summertime I do 40000IU/day. Summer i do 10000IU/day + as much midday sun without sunscreen I can get.

    • NationProtonsOP
      11·
      5 months ago

      How do you do this at work though? Is nobody going to find it strange or all about it when you take such a break?

      And how to actually have the break if you are in a busy/loud/uncomfortable environment?

      I think i could build in some more breaks when working from home, but at work it’s almost impossible. I just don’t feel safe/comfortable at work, so I can’t really take a proper break.

      • Eideen@lemmy.worldEnglish
        6·
        5 months ago

        We have a dedicated short rest room. But I have also done it common area or at my desk.

        I wear my good friend, noice canceling headphones.

        I can understand that you don’t feel safe/comfortable. How do you get comfortable with something new if you don’t try?

        • NationProtonsOP
          1·
          5 months ago

          I think it’s more the feeling that somebody will call me out when resting, or that I might miss something important, or unfamiliarity with the people around me.

          At work i already feel like I’m constantly alert. Trying to sing anything that make me look like a bad employee.

          Until my energy runs out of course. Then I usually still force myself to keep working, but everything goes at a glacial pace and my tiredness just accumulates even further.