Are you someone who easily gets tired and doesn't feel like doing anything? Do you label this kind of behavior as mere laziness?
Feel disconnected from everything.
People experiencing exhaustion most commonly don't feel like themselves anymore, don't feel engaged by anything and constantly struggle with the sense of helplessness and inability to take back control of their lives.
Used to be motivated and passionate.
A clear difference between someone who's worn out and someone who's lazy is that the tired people used to have things they were passionate about. And even hate doing anything because of how much they overworked themselves.
Become moody and annoyed.
Do you suddenly find yourself easily angry? If you start to have trouble controlling your emotions, especially when it never used to be a problem for you, this might be the reason why.
One of the warning signs is that you start neglecting your self-care and socially keep away from others. You stop making an effort to dress up yourself or look good and you tend to spend most of your time by yourself doing nothing.
Changes happen gradually.
Studies show that exhaustion develops in five major stages, according to degrees of severity. The honeymoon phase, the onset of stress, chronic stress, exhaustion and habitual exhaustion. By the time you reach the final stage, exhaustion will make you suffer from depression and anxiety.
A. Ignore your self-care.
B. Focus on warning signs.
C. Do you often feel emotionally out of control?
D. So it's important to raise awareness about exhaustion.
E. But the lazy people don't ever devote themselves to things.
F. However, they may now be struggling to find interest in anything.
G. Here are five signs to show you're experiencing exhaustion rather than laziness.
