Article: How to Tell if Sitting in Front of a Computer All Day Is Making You Fatigued

[Sly Saint]

Why Would a Computer Make Me Tired?
The short answer is because your brain uses a full 20 percent of your energy, and most people with computer-based jobs use their brains even more than they use their computers. The more accurate answer, though, is a bit more complicated. Not only does your brain use a lot of energy, but it also controls all of the other parts of your body that use up energy. The most impactful way it does this is through stress and anxiety. Not only are you stressed because you have to make deadlines, but you are also made anxious by it.

This anxiety is the result of a flight-or-fight reflex hard-wired into us by millions of years of evolution. Your body simply does not know the difference between being chased by a saber-toothed tiger and being chased around by an angry boss. Either way, the body releases adrenaline.

It releases so much, in fact, that it can cause your adrenal glands themselves to become fatigued — on top of the fatigue from the increased heart rate, racing thoughts, and increased respiration caused by stress itself. That said, even if you are stressed at work, there may be other reasons you feel fatigued. It is well worth looking into them before you chalk it all up to your time in front of your monitor.

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
While it is easy to test for thyroid disease, it is almost impossible to test for chronic fatigue syndrome. The main reason for this is that scientists are simply not quite sure what exactly causes it… or even what it is. Despite this, it is a well-established

the phenomenon, and something you will most likely want to talk to your doctor about if you suspect you have it. A big clue to this being the culprit would be if you still feel fatigued even after a long vacation from work.

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[Arnie Pye]

Not a single reference for any of this nonsense.

 

[Wonko]

Perfectly sensible stuff, everyone knows that getting so fatigued when in the immediate presence of hungry wolves that you fall asleep, due to a massive increase in adrenaline is perfectly normal.

Of course fatigue might have something to do with no longer being allowed to switch off. It's screens at work, screen 9n the commute, and screens at home till bedtime.

Nah, couldn't be anything to do with that.

 

[Snow Leopard]

Not a single reference for any of this nonsense.

Yes, it is just more pop-psychology.

 

[Creekside]

Aside from the psycho-nonsense issue, different brain activities have different effects on overall feeling. Playing a strategy game past 2:30 PM gives me insomnia that night, but playing a first-person shooter game (mindless shooting of zombies) doesn't. Maybe some neurons deplete something or accumulate something in specific parts of the brain, or maybe their helper cells are slow to recover from their efforts. Someday they may find the physical basis for such things.