In today’s world where everyone aspires to get rich, powerful and famous, our lives have become mechanical by following the same hectic schedule and lifestyle. The increasing hunger for materialistic needs is making us work day and night, leading us to a state of emotional and mental exhaustion.
We do not understand the fact that the real fun is not just reaching the destination; it is enjoying the journey as well. However, we are in such a hurry to achieve the goal that we forget to enjoy our journey and this has an adverse effect on our lives and mindsets. We are getting emotionally and mentally drained and the sooner we recognize this problem and sort it out, the better it will be for us.
In this article, we have discussed about 9 signs which show that a person is emotionally and mentally drained!
Getting irritated quickly is one of the signs of being emotionally and mentally drained. This shows that a person has lost mental peace and it doesn’t take much for him to get irritated. He is busy finding faults in others, their work and things around him. He has become an epitome of negativity and smile has become a thing of past. This state of mind proves that not everything is well in his life and there is something which is constantly troubling him.
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A person who gets irritated easily also starts getting angry promptly without any solid reason. People begin to maintain distance from such a person as nobody wants to get involved in unpleasant situations. An angry person always makes more mistakes than a person who is calm and composed. Such a person starts losing friends and well-wishers as people generally prefer to avoid the company of a short-tempered guy or girl.
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Once a person starts getting indulged in petty matters, much of his time goes in either quarreling with someone or whining about something. He is not that old person anymore who was focused and disciplined, whose priority used to be his work and who wanted to enhance his skills regularly. This is the point from where he will no longer be the one who always tried his best to excel in his work field or taking care of his loved ones.
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Feeling tired and feeling fatigued are two different concepts; while a person can get rid of tiredness by giving sufficient rest to his body, it is not the case with fatigue. Fatigue can be called the absence of zeal, enthusiasm and passion from the person’s life and no amount of rest can take care of this because it is mental and not physical.
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It is a condition in which a person is not able to sleep and it further increases the problem of fatigue. He wants to sleep but as he tries to sleep, some thought comes to his mind and he starts worrying about it. It will result in loss of sleep and this state has an adverse effect on a person’s body and mind.
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A person who is emotionally drained or mentally exhausted will also lose his motivation. There is hardly anything in the world that can motivate him and it will naturally have an adverse effect on his productivity as well as personal life. This is the time when he should give his body and mind some rest, do introspection and then make a new start.
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When a person becomes very weak emotionally as well as mentally, even a small incident can bring tears into his eyes. In any given situation, he feels that he is helpless and he is not even in a position to handle the day-to-day stress. This condition is very harmful as it will further lead the person into a state of hopelessness.
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In this state, a person has no hope left whatsoever with his life, with himself or with his family members. He goes on to assure himself that nothing right will happen with him no matter how much he tries to change things and this is the point from where he will curse his destiny, luck etc. for his condition.
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The concerned person stops feeling anything, whether good or bad. The emotions that he used to experience when he faces certain type of situation in life are now absent. This can be called as a type of depression the only difference being that in depression, a person feels low because of an emotion while in this case, he feels low because of the absence of an emotion.
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Try to find the source of the problem because of which you are feeling emotionally and mentally drained. It is absolutely necessary that you find the exact cause of your condition because then only a proper solution can be found out. It’s also necessary that you keep an optimistic approach that helps greatly in recovering from even the biggest and serious issues.
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Your family must be by your side during the whole bad phase and if you talk to them about your problem, they will try their best to help you find the solution. This will also improve the relations between you and your family members and bring an end to loneliness.
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Usually we have seen that people are more worried about the project deadlines, client satisfaction, achieving their goals, etc. but it is the time when you should give more importance to yourself than any other thing. The reason being pretty simple; what is the use of achieving all the glory of the world if your health suffers heavily and your survival becomes difficult? In simple words, set your priorities and work according to them.
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There are some factors in life which can be controlled and changed by you and if you feel that a change is inevitable, go for it. However, don’t try hard to change or whine about those things which are not in your control. Try to swim with the flow until you don’t become strong enough to swim against the tide.
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Introspect, try to recognize your strengths and work on them to develop them more. Also try to check what your limitations are and how you can get over them. If you feel that you need help, don’t hesitate in talking to people because even if you don’t get help from them, you may get to learn the lessons of life.
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If these steps are followed, there will be improvement for sure and the person will not consider his condition to be too bad to get better. But what is more important is that he needs to lift up his emotions and feel happy. Life is uncertain and it may bring more problems for you but the person has to face all of them bravely.
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