What is fatigue exactly?

According to Merriam-Webster, fatigue is “weariness or exhaustion from labor, exertion, or stress”. It’s what you’d feel after a hard day at work. It’s what I’m feeling now.

It can come in any degree, as far as I know. You can feel extremely fatigued (experiencing extreme fatigue) or feel a tad fatigued (experiencing minor fatigue).

A cutback of the irritability or functioning of organs, tissues, or cells after much exertion on them.

Are you asking about muscle fatigue or mental fatigue? I’m guessing the latter since you mention motivation. My guess would be that you need to determine if this excessive lethargy is based on a physical ailment or is related to depression.

There are certainly many physical conditions (both chronic and acute) that can cause a feeling of fatigue (anemia being one example).

One cause of fatigue is the mysterious Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (usually accompagnied by Fibromyalgia or an excess of the Epstein Barr virus).

Causation and treatment options

Having a one year old.

It’s when you’re so tired, you’ll sleep anywhere.

@gail. Ug. Not the dreaded chronic fatigue syndrome!