[HN Gopher] On being tired
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       On being tired
        
       Author : kimmk
       Score  : 144 points
       Date   : 2022-08-13 15:10 UTC (7 hours ago)
        
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       | sixothree wrote:
       | Interesting this would be posted on a Saturday. Yet another
       | Saturday I'm working hard to meet a deadline.
        
       | SnowHill9902 wrote:
       | The last Lubavitcher rab used to say "so what?" when asked if he
       | was not tired working late into the night.
        
       | garganzol wrote:
       | Fatigue is not only a mental thing as many assume. What really
       | happens is our cells are gradually accumulating Reactive Oxygen
       | Species (ROS) while we are awake, and when a certain threshold of
       | ROS is reached, we feel tiredness.
       | 
       | This is a defensive mechanism of a living organism to keep ROS
       | levels at bay. But what happens if one ignores the fatigue? ROS
       | cellular levels will continue to climb up to the point of a
       | pathological cell destruction. The thing is ROS are chemically
       | active and when there are too much of them, you are asking for
       | problems. Such as: broken enzymes in mitochondria, overoxidized
       | lipids, damages of DNA and mtDNA - it all starts to accumulate.
       | This is when a fatigue may gradually transform into one of the
       | physical diseases. Cardio-vascular problems, T2DM, cognitive
       | impairment, ME/CFS. The list go on and on [1].
       | 
       | So, if you often feel tired then you should be very aware of the
       | underlying biochemical processes. It's all mental until it's
       | physical and hardly reversible.
       | 
       | [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleep_deprivation
       | 
       | [2] https://hms.harvard.edu/news/sleep-death-gut
        
         | copperx wrote:
         | I've never heard of this before. Is this well known? Do ROS go
         | away after sleeping?
        
           | garganzol wrote:
           | This is relatively well known [1]. ROS normally go away after
           | sleeping, and this one of the reasons we need sleep.
           | 
           | But. If you are past a certain threshold, ROS can do so much
           | damage that it starts to affect cellular ATP production,
           | leading to a tissue hypoxia. When this happens, it leads to
           | onset of an acquired mitochondrial dysfunction. This is a
           | pathological state that is characterized by a lingering
           | fatigue as its main hallmark sign. Such fatigue does not go
           | away after sleeping.
           | 
           | But usually it is not like 0 or 1. A person may have
           | something in between and live without even knowing it,
           | thinking that it's all just mental or age-related.
           | 
           | [1] https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27285492/
        
             | copperx wrote:
             | I wish I had heard about this earlier. I'm now 40 and my
             | sleep patterns are not healthy. I don't have insomnia, I'm
             | just used to sleeping past the point of total exhaustion.
             | That cannot be good given what you say about ROS :(
        
       | powersnail wrote:
       | As I age, I've learned to distinguish "not being excited"
       | (languor) and "being tired" (exhaustion), which to my younger
       | self felt like the same thing. The former is not always caused by
       | a lack of energy, but also excessive idleness, especially if I'm
       | doing things that requires attention but also isn't
       | intellectually stimulating.
       | 
       | When the author refers to "normal tired" and "dead tired", I
       | think that echoes with my two states. I don't quite think of them
       | as existing on a scale, but the experiences sound similar.
       | 
       | Doing stimulating things (exercise, reading aloud, singing) can
       | usually bring me out of the state of languor. Just getting that
       | adrenaline rush is enough to jolt me back to life (and thus I
       | don't think of it as recharging; more like a jump start).
       | 
       | If I'm exhausted, I can feel gravity in my joints, and I'll have
       | to rest. Regular sleep, exercises, and generally keeping a good
       | health is the only way I can combat exhaustion.
        
         | cannam wrote:
         | I think you're right to distinguish between kinds of tiredness,
         | rather than levels.
         | 
         | The article, good and thoughtful as it is, suggests that a
         | dead-tired state is somehow just more tired than normally
         | tired. But there is also a tiredness in which you are keen and
         | ready and would be happy to get moving with something, but your
         | mind and body are unable to do the real work competently - the
         | analysis or the lifting. This is like your exhaustion, without
         | your languor.
         | 
         | I had this feeling a lot during 2020 and put it down to a
         | justifiable mental response to the times (I hadn't had Covid,
         | as far as I knew) until, slightly to my surprise, I was
         | diagnosed with a vitamin B12 deficiency which turned out to
         | explain pretty much the whole thing.
        
         | rubicon33 wrote:
         | This hits the nail on the head for me. Interestingly, I only
         | came to this realization later in life as well. I've always
         | thought of myself as "tired" but the real problem is I require
         | an exceptionally high stimulating environment to excite me out
         | of langour.
         | 
         | Exercise. Video games. Occasionally (rarely?) an academic
         | subject that I am good at and interests me can also elicit this
         | excitement and energy.
         | 
         | But in general I go about life in a rather "depressed" mode.
         | Most tasks are done not because I feel that little kick to do
         | them, but because I know if I don't my life will be worse.
         | 
         | I often wish I was more naturally excited by things which are
         | less stimulating. I waste a lot of time just satisfying that
         | part of my brain that craves stimulation and novelty. It's
         | really a shame, because I truly do wish I were spending that
         | time on productive or meaningful pursuits.
         | 
         | I've wondered over the years why I'm this way, when I work
         | among peers who seem to get stimulation from reading such
         | arcane topics as linux kernel development.
         | 
         | I can only assume in my case the root cause is video games +
         | the internet. I'm in my mid 30s and have had a video game in my
         | hand since I was 5 or 6 (original game boy). If my spare time
         | wasn't spent playing video games, it's spent on the lottery
         | game of social media / the internet over the years. I'm only
         | just starting to work on undoing the damage these mediums have
         | done to my motivation and stimulation center. If I'm honest,
         | part of me doubts I'll ever be able to be genuinely excited
         | about some of the hard work that I wish I could be excited
         | about, but the thought of living the rest of my life
         | essentially a slave to stimulating media is a depressing
         | thought. I want to create interesting things, which means I
         | need to be genuinely excited to learn new subjects.
        
           | jmfldn wrote:
           | Sorry to hear. I think you're doing the right thing in trying
           | to see if you can cope with lower stimulation gradually. Try
           | lower stimulation hobbies, reading novels, going for long
           | walks etc. Maybe you'll find that you can somewhat
           | recondition yourself gradually. There really is a great joy
           | in enjoying simple pleasures without distraction. Don't fret
           | if you can't get there quickly or have a different baseline
           | too, there's nothing wrong with being a certain way but,
           | speaking from personal experience and general life
           | experience, many of us seem addicted to things to one degree
           | or another these days. Not least things involving screens.
           | 
           | Since you mentioned the word depressed, it can't do any harm
           | to talk to a mental health professional too if you're
           | concerned in any way about your emotional state. It may or
           | may not be needed but that could also be a factor.
        
         | moonshinefe wrote:
         | This was an interesting post to me because I've never heard of
         | that distinction, and I think I'm similar. I've often had
         | issues with "being tired" but it's probably more accurately
         | what you call languor. I'll have times when I'm bored
         | throughout the day and sleepy but then a video game or stubborn
         | coding problem will get me engaged and I'll suddenly spend
         | hours and not feel tired at all while the time flies.
         | 
         | Likewise, I do find exercise helps when I do force myself to do
         | it. The issue is often I have days where I struggle to motivate
         | myself to do stimulating things, but perhaps that's another
         | issue. Not really sure what could help there.
        
           | asdfqwertzxcv wrote:
           | When I hit the motivation plateau like you're describing,
           | simply going for a walk or going to the gym pulls me out of
           | it rather quickly. By the time I'm done, I come back and am
           | motivated to work on high-impact things. I've found that
           | moving my body and taking a break from dicking around online,
           | or doing low-quality "productive" tasks with little
           | consequence is the key there.
        
         | BeFlatXIII wrote:
         | I have to agree. Exercise and music-making both reenergize me
         | out of a state of mental exhaustion after work.
         | 
         | Physical exhaustion is different: its only cure is a nap.
        
         | xyzzy_plugh wrote:
         | I could not relate less. I'm guessing you don't have ADHD?
         | 
         | I wish lack of excitement and being tired felt the way you
         | describe, but if anything _it 's the opposite_.
         | 
         | I get more dopamine from being exhausted physically but
         | overextending myself than I do from being bored, much to my
         | misery.
        
         | comboy wrote:
         | These being tired and fighting exhaustion with exercise threads
         | must be a dread to read for anybody who works hard physically.
         | 
         | But I'm in the same privileged or at least not working
         | physically position and I found most correlation with number of
         | tasks I'm focusing on.
         | 
         | If there are too many things at once or none of them stands
         | out, I'm more likely to feel tired.
         | 
         | If I'm focusing on a specific thing associated with specific
         | action with no other things on my mind, it seems to be getting
         | done effortlessly with high energy state.
        
           | klysm wrote:
           | I feel like for me that's because progress in one direction
           | implies lack of progress in other directions of concern.
           | That's scales with the number of things you're trying to get
           | done.
           | 
           | That's why I think long running work streams with focus are
           | so important. Context switching has cost beyond just the
           | startup and tear down.
        
       | timdp wrote:
       | Photo credit: me. Small world!
       | 
       | https://unsplash.com/photos/SBYsc1gsA-M
        
         | Daunk wrote:
         | That's amazing, heh.
        
       | Silverback_VII wrote:
       | I believe that there is a general tiredness affecting large parts
       | of the population. Maybe some side effects of covid-19 / the
       | vaccines or maybe it's completely unrelated and more
       | psychological in nature like lack of deeper meaning in most
       | people's lives.
       | 
       | All I know is that you have to fight it. this tiredness doesn't
       | go away with more rest. On the contrary, your self-esteem will
       | take a hit and you will internalise your lack of power.
        
         | rolisz wrote:
         | How do you fight it?
         | 
         | I had COVID in March 2020 and I feel like ever since then I'm
         | more tired all the time, even if I sleep enough.
        
           | the_only_law wrote:
           | I didn't get COVID till this year. I was vaccinated, and
           | while it was the most sick I've felt in years, it was
           | relatively short, the worst symptoms only lasting about a
           | day.
           | 
           | A few day's afterwards, I went out to the mailbox to grab my
           | mail. This is maybe a 5min walk. I was panting heavily by the
           | time I got back. I used to walk 12+ miles a day in shit heat
           | and I've never been particularly in shape, so that was
           | worrying.
           | 
           | I haven't noticed any increase in my tiredness, but my sleep
           | schedule had been fucked long before COVID existed.
        
           | garganzol wrote:
           | Take a look at [1]. It may have some actionable explanations
           | on what's going on with you.
           | 
           | It all starts with lingering fatigue.
           | 
           | [1] https://www.hormonesmatter.com/recovering-from-post-
           | covid-mi...
        
         | skrebbel wrote:
         | This is dangerous advice, it really depends on what you're
         | tired from and you can't apply it generally.
         | 
         | Eg tiredness caused by actual, diagnosed, Long Covid often
         | _does_ go away with more rest. In fact, even a tiny bit too
         | much, too soon, can severely set back your recovery. To my
         | understanding, parent 's "just will yourself back into shape"
         | advice is the exact opposite of what long covid patients should
         | be told.
         | 
         | (Source: wife has long covid since January; her own experiences
         | + what her therapists say from research and other clients)
        
           | Silverback_VII wrote:
           | To let you drag down by outer circumstances is more dangerous
           | in my opinion. When you start running even if you would
           | rather lay in bed that generates a lot of self-esteem. The
           | resulting positive attitude may even be good for your immune
           | system.
           | 
           | In some unfortunate situations you need to take some risks to
           | get out of it.
        
             | skrebbel wrote:
             | It's not always about attitude, sometimes it's about
             | physical healing. Sometimes, your body really just needs
             | rest. Stop telling people stuff you don't know enough
             | about.
        
               | Silverback_VII wrote:
               | I know enough about people focusing too much on their
               | wellbeing. You can trust me. Your mindset is more harmful
               | than mine.
               | 
               | Sometimes the body needs rest, it's certainly true, but
               | humans are adapted to a rather unforgiving environment in
               | which you had to function even when in bad shape. Mind
               | and body are connected.
        
               | yibg wrote:
               | It's the blanket "just walk it off" advise that's
               | dangerous. No amount of mind over matter will let you
               | walk off a broken leg.
        
               | 331c8c71 wrote:
               | Not overdoing it (to start with) is by far preferable
               | tbh. My experience, for instance, is that inflamed
               | achilles takes very long time (years) to go back to
               | normal. To get it inflamed was fairly easy: resuming
               | jogging a bit too swiftly after a winter break.
        
         | RhodesianHunter wrote:
         | I think it has something to do with an accumulation of
         | microplastics and/or PFAS/PFOS in our bodies. One of these
         | things is going to be our generation's version of leaded
         | gasoline.
        
         | 331c8c71 wrote:
         | Hard to be sure tbh. I thought I had something like that since
         | I had covid at least twice. Now I am on vacation next to sea
         | and i wouldn't say I lack energy.
         | 
         | I think for some the daily grind causes noticeable fatigue
         | fairly quickly (if not managed actively).
        
         | taink wrote:
         | This 'general tiredness' you're referring to seems to be linked
         | to depressive states, whereas the blog post is more about
         | exhausting yourself by trying to solve every little challenge
         | you come across:
         | 
         | > _Another key observation is that this tiredness I've been
         | feeling is different from depression. I've experienced the
         | latter in the past on a few occasions and while there are
         | similarities in how they impact your life, I'd put them in
         | different buckets. If only for the reason that I haven't
         | encountered these current experiences before._
         | 
         | Maybe it's a little bit of both; lack of motivation gradually
         | eating at your reserves and transforming you into a generally
         | tired person.
        
       | ceezee wrote:
       | friendly reminder that feeling chronically fatigued or tired is
       | not normal. People experiencing this should consider getting
       | tested for sleep apnea.
        
       | kiririn wrote:
       | Concussion is a trial by fire of discovering what is truly not
       | taking up mental energy. In the acute phase you go from having
       | 16+ hours of it per day to 10 minutes. The answer is pretty much
       | just staring at a blank wall. Anything else is costly to a degree
        
         | plonk wrote:
         | I had a mild one that put me out of work for a week. I wonder
         | if it's really a lack of energy, or just the body deterring you
         | from any activity by pretending to be tired, so the brain can
         | heal faster.
        
         | kradeelav wrote:
         | Agreed - surgeries too. Between waiting for the anesthesia to
         | work itself out and the body recovering from the shock of it,
         | it can be a wallop to the energy reserves. Recently slept like
         | 20 hours a day for a day or two after a comparatively mild one.
        
       | ranprieur wrote:
       | I find it strange that he takes for granted that activities
       | should "give back energy", and that you have to be dead tired for
       | that not to happen.
       | 
       | Personally, even when I have good energy, almost everything I do
       | drains it and doesn't give it back, until I sleep to recharge.
       | 
       | Maybe this is the difference between highly motivated people and
       | the rest of us, that they find it normal for activities to give
       | back energy.
        
         | majormajor wrote:
         | Regarding mental energy - when I'm in an "everything is
         | draining" state I consider that a depressive episode. When not
         | in one of those, there are hobbies I find rewarding and
         | stimulating (some even physical-energy-producing, like eating
         | or drinking coffee). Or it can even be as simple/"idle" as
         | "that was a fun run through Returnal, I feel pumped up."
        
         | [deleted]
        
         | Silverback_VII wrote:
         | Cardiovascular exercise takes more energy than it gives at the
         | beginning but your body will get less easily tired further down
         | the road. So yes, activities can give energy.
        
           | jdthedisciple wrote:
           | Not sure why you're being downvoted because it seems true to
           | me:
           | 
           | For example, starting out with running feels _very_
           | exhaustive and draining but once you 're in the habit of it
           | you overall feel more energetic I believe.
        
             | garganzol wrote:
             | This is true and was proven by numerous scientific
             | observations. Mild physical and intellectual activities
             | indeed improve cellular energy levels to some degree.
             | 
             | Nobody really knows how it works exactly, but it's a fact.
        
       | lysergia wrote:
       | Not gonna lie, I get nights where I don't sleep at all and my
       | mind 'glows' with thoughts and the thoughts are intrusive, almost
       | an imposter on my mind. This is a good time to write and take
       | notes. Missing a night's sleep is detrimental to the next day
       | where all the things that would normally excite me are boring as
       | hell. All I can do is exist during the day and I feel slightly
       | drunk and can't do anything that requires good dexterity. It's
       | horrible. Then I make up the sleep debt by falling asleep on that
       | day, and the feeling of rejuvenation is tremendous and I can
       | function. I've talked to my doctor about those nights where my
       | mind 'glows' with activity and I was diagnosed with mild
       | psychosis. Luckily it's treatable with meds, so there is that.
        
         | plonk wrote:
         | That's funny, I have the same nights sometimes and never
         | thought of asking a doctor. Seems it's just what happens when
         | we stay too inactive for a few days or mess up our sleep
         | schedule.
         | 
         | Was that the only symptom for the psychosis diagnosis?
        
         | Daunk wrote:
         | I also get this "glow" sometimes and can't sleep for an entire
         | night. I feel like I just want to jump out of bed and do
         | everything at once. But I keep telling myself that "I'll make
         | sure to do it tomorrow" but that seems to almost never happen.
         | I don't mind these sleepless nights, but I wish the "glow" came
         | during the day instead.
        
         | s5300 wrote:
         | If you're comfortable saying, could I ask which meds you were
         | prescribed?
        
       | angarg12 wrote:
       | I've spent the last couple of years at the two bottom levels of
       | that scale. It took me an embarrassingly long time to realize one
       | of the root causes: my wife and I have fundamentally different
       | personalities that are at odds with each other.
       | 
       | My wife is an extrovert. She is energized by going out, visiting
       | places, doing things, meeting people.
       | 
       | I'm an introvert. I get energized by staying in, reading a book,
       | watching a movie, spending time by myself.
       | 
       | This creates tension every weekend when we need to negotiated
       | what to do. This friction is weary by itself, but then the
       | outcome almost always makes someone unhappy. Most weekends rather
       | than recharging for the rest of the week, I end up more tired
       | than I started.
       | 
       | Not sure how well this will generalize but if you find yourself
       | in those bottom steps it's worth it to do some introspection and
       | audit how you spend your time.
        
         | RhodesianHunter wrote:
         | Wait till you have kids. Or rather: folks who don't have kids
         | yet, recognize that when you do you pretty much lose your
         | weekends to doing things with them. Especially so when you have
         | more than one. I'm not saying this is a bad thing, but it does
         | seem to be a thing that people don't really appreciate until
         | they're knee deep in it.
         | 
         | This often leads to the sort of deep tiredness described in
         | this post for introverted parents.
        
         | rubicon33 wrote:
         | If her extroversion isn't strictly social, maybe you kind find
         | activities that allow you both to recharge.
         | 
         | A camping trip for example could allow you an opportunity to
         | read, and enjoy nature, and give her the opportunity to explore
         | (hike, kayak, forage, etc.)
         | 
         | If that doesn't work you may also just consider doing different
         | things on most weekends, and making explicit time for each
         | other for a nice dinner, a movie, or something more
         | traditionally 'dating'.
        
           | asdfqwertzxcv wrote:
           | This is how my partner and I negotiated this.
           | 
           | We're opposite in a lot of things we prefer: - They love
           | traveling w/ crazy schedules, bouncing around timezones for a
           | week or two at a time. - Sleeping and waking late. - Going
           | out late partying with friends. - Spin classes or yoga with
           | club music blasting. - When not doing the above, they stay
           | home doing literally nothing but watching Netflix or reading
           | in bed for days on end.
           | 
           | They are either fully on, or fully off. I find this
           | exhausting and/or boring as hell, depending on what mode
           | they're in.
           | 
           | I prefer the opposite in a lot of ways: - Staying local,
           | maybe taking a day or weekend trip every few months, and
           | international trip once a year. - Waking and sleeping early -
           | Time alone every day - Working on personal projects or
           | hobbies - Lifting weights or exercising while listening to
           | stimulating lectures or books. - Having hours-long meals with
           | friends or family once or twice a week.
           | 
           | We've found that instead of trying to do things we don't like
           | to appease the other. We find things that overlap for us and
           | make it a point to do them together whenever possible: -
           | Cooking some meals at home - Walking our dog around the
           | neighborhood - Going on day or weekend trips once in a while.
           | - Meals w/ friends and family, when I peel off to go home
           | after, when they go meet up with friends to burn the midnight
           | oil.
        
         | tartoran wrote:
         | Find myself there as well somehow though I wouldn't call my
         | partner 100% extroverted, Im the onr more on the introverted
         | side. To me a mind trick is to attempt a balance. For instance
         | to realize that it would do me good to be outdoors during which
         | I could still do my introverted stuff (introspection) during
         | which I also do some phisical exercise. I just can't be 100%
         | within my head all the time, I still have to interact with them
         | from time to time or escape for a walk from time to time. Some
         | times Im out with my family and realize the energy is too good
         | to be missed, this moment has to be taken advantage of, so I
         | join in whatever we're doing. I usually reserve one day a week
         | of complete me time during which I paint completely isolated
         | from others and distractions. Just knowing there's an escape
         | valve I can sacrifice a day for another. Im also getting a some
         | dose of introverted recharge while working, while doing
         | repetitive work on autopilot but I have to admit there's a bit
         | of energy drain there too with the necessary socialization.
        
         | atentaten wrote:
         | What was your solution to the problem of negotiating with your
         | wife about what to do on the weekends?
        
           | ipaddr wrote:
           | Get kids
        
           | baby wrote:
           | accept it, and enjoy the fact that it is making your life
           | better. You could be dating an introvert and you could both
           | be looking at your computers over the weekend.
        
           | jrms wrote:
           | what wife?
        
             | [deleted]
        
           | tpetry wrote:
           | Friends of mine are mixing weekends. They do one together
           | followed by one each doing things by their own they want to
           | do. So the introvert can e.g. stay home and refresh while the
           | extrovert is again meeting people.
        
         | hu3 wrote:
         | I've came to this same realization after years next to an
         | extrovert.
         | 
         | It's obvious once you understand the differences but until then
         | it's pure misery regardless of how much you love the person.
         | 
         | You're often either unhappy or making them unhappy for no
         | apparent reason.
        
       | beebeepka wrote:
       | I am a fairly energetic person. Yes, things have been slowing
       | down as I age but my spirit is young.
       | 
       | I switched careers several times. About 2 years into my dev role
       | I realized that I do have a relatively fixed amount of cognitive
       | stamina. Took me a while to actually get it.
       | 
       | 1. Partying all night has an extremely bad effect due to several
       | factors I better not mention directly
       | 
       | 2. Competitive gaming is sucking the life out of me. I have
       | taught myself to avoid playing seriously anything Quake or
       | StarCraft as these high skill 1vs1 games naturally attract other
       | wannabes just like my younger self. It's all very demanding and I
       | always end up either taking a beating or 10, or sacrificing the
       | next few work days.
       | 
       | I have learned to take the ego hits and suffer horrible
       | humiliations in the games that I love.
       | 
       | In any case, what never fails to charge and heal me is going to
       | nature. Does wonders to body and mind
        
         | glitchc wrote:
         | People still play Quake?
        
           | skrebbel wrote:
           | Of course. It's like honey, it never goes bad.
        
           | boredemployee wrote:
           | I do (qw)
        
           | hawski wrote:
           | I am pretty sure people still play Pong, Arkanoid and Doom
           | for that matter. Here, go play Spacewar! -
           | https://archive.org/details/pdp1_spacewar (read instructions
           | below, it is not obvious though, like press LCtrl+Enter to
           | load)
        
         | the_only_law wrote:
         | > Partying all night has an extremely bad effect due to several
         | factors I better not mention directly
         | 
         | Unfortunately there's no time to party during the day.
        
           | mupuff1234 wrote:
           | But you can party in the evening and be in bed by midnight.
        
       | samsquire wrote:
       | In the UK it is really hot and we are in drought.
       | 
       | I am tired. I hope to get my energy levels back up as all I want
       | to do is sleep.
       | 
       | I take iron liquid supplement but I don't know what's causing it.
       | 
       | Some days I have energy and can be on the computer until late.
       | Other days I don't want to know.
        
         | garganzol wrote:
         | It can also be vitamin B1 or B12 deficiency.
        
         | jjtheblunt wrote:
         | taking iron supplements for a male is dangerous, my doctor told
         | me years ago, for whatever that is worth
        
         | williamtrask wrote:
         | As someone also in the U.K., check your CO2 levels where you
         | sleep and work.
        
       | jorgesborges wrote:
       | When I'm falling asleep too late, exhausted, I say to myself:
       | I'll be alright tomorrow, just tired. I've been tired many days
       | and I got through just fine. It doesn't solve the dead battery
       | problem but it removes the anxiety around not getting enough
       | sleep or dreading the next day.
        
       | webosdude wrote:
       | Sometime back one of mentors mentioned about
       | https://theenergyproject.com/. I haven't gone through the program
       | myself but the way he summarized is, important aspect of managing
       | your work is also managing your energy levels through the
       | day/week/year. Identify the work which requires more
       | energy(mental/physical) and get that done first. Later on
       | identify the things which give you more motivation or joy which
       | in turn provide more energy. These could include going out for a
       | walk or having 1:1 or having conversation with someone. Again
       | this will vary depending on if you are introvert or extrovert.
        
       | albingroen wrote:
       | I also think a very large majority of people on this planet are
       | tired because of an unknown deficit of vitamines and minerals
       | like Omega 3, Zink and Vitamin D
        
         | orangepurple wrote:
         | I never ate much meat but I do eat fermented-only dairy. I got
         | my bloodwork done and I am iron deficient. I am taking the
         | bisglycinate salt which is completely unnoticeable on my
         | stomach. I'll have it retested after a course of 5000mg
         | elemental iron equivalents (about a month). My mood noticeably
         | improved after checking and correcting my blood vitamin and
         | iron levels.
        
         | williamtrask wrote:
         | Also high CO2 in working and sleeping areas. Basically any
         | older building without HVAC and with upgraded (double pane)
         | windows.
        
           | surfmike wrote:
           | Most home HVAC systems don't bring in fresh air, right? Just
           | recirculate air in the house.
        
             | kubanczyk wrote:
             | V in HVAC is for "ventilation" and although home AC unit
             | might not provide it itself, I'd be surprised if there
             | really wasn't any. Unlike AC, V is mandated by law in many
             | jurisdictions.
        
             | gruez wrote:
             | Newer homes are supposed to have heat recovery ventilators,
             | which do bring in fresh air even if all windows are closed.
        
             | kqr wrote:
             | The ones I know suck air out of the building (well, really,
             | create a mild low pressure), and rely on fresh air getting
             | in elsewhere (for example through dedicated intakes around
             | windows in apartments.)
        
         | bberrry wrote:
         | Is there any research to back that claim up?
        
           | Test0129 wrote:
           | Vitamin D deficiency is well known enough it should stand up
           | to the simple concern trolling done by people who demand a
           | source like every post must be an academic journal.
        
           | RhodesianHunter wrote:
           | Significant. Have you tried Google?
        
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