During the COVID-19 pandemic, we heard about people experiencing different kinds of fatigue, whether related to burnout, being unmotivated to follow pandemic restrictions or as a symptom of infection.

Many people working in caregiving roles or high-pressure environments face emotional and physical exhaustion. Two terms often used to describe these experiences are burnout and compassion fatigue.

The recent rise in people experiencing extreme tiredness on a day-to-day basis has been termed as functional fatigue. According to a 2025 study in International Journal of Science and Research, it is ...

The weariness people feel after long hours at a computer or mobile screen. Since the start of the 21st century when the Internet was exploding, there is considerably more online fatigue worldwide. See ...

People who have had COVID-19 have a significantly higher risk of suffering chronic fatigue than those who haven’t had the disease, a new study published Wednesday shows. “Our data indicate that ...