including sharp changes in hormone levels following childbirth. Feelings of intense sadness, anxiety, or exhaustion are much stronger, and last longer, than the “baby blues” — the relatively mild symptoms of depression and anxiety that many new mothers experience in the first few days after ...
The peak-end rule is a cognitive bias that causes us, when looking back on an experience, to focus on two things: the most intense part of it and the end. I’m not saying that these things aren’t important. But the peak-end rule can—and has been shown experimentally to—cause us...
Does providing adequate care feel like a task beyond your capabilities, either in terms of time or specialized skills? Caregiver burnout is when you are emotionally or physically fatigued, leading to exhaustion and illness. Aresundowning incidentsbecoming more intense and difficult to handle? Do you...
The most extreme is a biopsy of the small intestine to see how the lining has been affected. Since that’s a surgical procedure, more often, it is blood testing used to check for gluten antibodies and/or a “poop test” where the same is done with your fecal matter. There is also ge...
” It’s a common mental health condition that shows up like an unwanted houseguest and refuses to leave. This extended period of sadness or emptiness comes with a constellation of other symptoms, like exhaustion, sleep trouble, a shrinking appetite, overeating, sudden crying spells, and ...
Feelings of intense sadness, anxiety, or exhaustion are much stronger, and last longer, than the “baby blues” — the relatively mild symptoms of depression and anxiety that many new mothers experience in the first few days after childbirth. Learn More About Perinatal Depression Learn More About...
Fatigue (weariness, tiredness, exhaustion, lethargy) causes include sleep problems, heart disease, lung disease, medications, endocrine disorders, GI disorders, and more.
The World Health Organization added burnout—marked partly by exhaustion and negativity—to its International Classification of Diseases.1 And that was in 2019—before the COVID-19 pandemic blurred lines between work and home. To job-search Training a colleague—or worse, your new manager—for a...
A tough workout should wear you out in a a good way. Sudden exhaustion could mean something else is going on. Image Credit:dima_sidelnikov/iStock/GettyImages You stroll into the gym in full-on beast mode. Fast forward a few minutes into your workout, and you're already wiped. Sound...
From a physiological perspective,sweating is absolutely a good thing. Our body would overheat if we did not sweat. But some of the activities that cause sweating (excessive time in the heat, being nervous or sick) is associated with other problems, such as heat exhaustion, anxiety and illness...