What does it mean to be socially exhausted?
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You’ve got social fatigue! The feeling is defined as “being emotionally overextended and exhausted by social situations”. In a day and age when networking and being connected are the name of the game, it’s got more people feeling this, often silently.
New research discovers that having too much social contact can be bad for you. New research finds that too much social contact – for example on a daily basis – is linked to worse health and lower survival rates. Lots of past research has linked frequent social contact to better health and a longer life.
Do You Say “I’m tired” when you’re healthy?
“Most people who are healthy don’t understand that ‘I’m tired’ is a very shortened phrase for us. When I actually admit to friends and family that I feel bad or am tired that means so much. That means I can no longer mask the symptoms I deal with on a daily basis and I need a little compassion to get through the next few hours or sometimes days.”
Why do I feel tired all the time with my mental illness?
Sometimes the nature of your mental illness can make you tired — like when depression makes everyday tasks feel impossible, or when obsessive-compulsive disorder’s compulsions take up so much of your time. Other times, the world makes living with a mental illness exhausting.
You may be surprised at how well this one can work in the short term. This approach is treating social tiredness the same as regular tiredness. If you’re two hours into an outing and you feel your energy starting to slip, a coke or a coffee may be all you need to put some life back into you.
Do some people get tired more quickly than others?
However, some people get tired more quickly than others. If a person is susceptible to feeling socially drained, it will vary where they say the problem lies. For some people the issue is that others don’t seem to appreciate that they’re wired this way.