Fatigue is a term used to describe an overall feeling of tiredness or lack of energy. It isn't the same as simply feeling drowsy or sleepy. When you're fatigued, you have no motivation and no energy. Being sleepy may be a symptom of fatigue, but it's not the same thing. Covid fatigue implies that more and more people are fed up with the quarantine and breaking the rules.

Episode Resources
* Craft, David. Radical Acceptance And Self-Esteem: Embrace Your Gifts Of Imperfection, Overcome Your Confidence Gap And Build Self-Acceptance https://www.amazon.com/Radical-Acceptance-Self-Esteem-Imperfection-Self-Acceptance/dp/1724000853
* Pandemic fatigue? How adherence to covid-19 regulations has been misrepresented and why it matters https://www.bmj.com/content/372/bmj.n137.full
* Impact of COVID-19 on Mental Health: A Longitudinal Study Using Penalized Logistic Regression - https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.02.21.21252159v1
Episode Highlights
* Emotional labor of masking
* Acknowledging the long-term fatigue of Covid-19
* Radical Acceptance and how it helps with the fatigue of challenging circumstances
* Increased drug and alcohol use to numb the constant feeling
* What factors drive potential mental health issues

Original podcast theme music by Lance Keltner. https://www.youtube.com/user/lancekeltner This episode of the #FeelingsMatter Podcast was recorded and mixed at MSR Studios in Saint Paul, MN. Copyright 2021, all rights reserved. No reproduction, excerpting, or other use without written permission.

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