{"id":1785,"date":"2021-09-10T17:32:24","date_gmt":"2021-09-10T17:32:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ultimatehealthreport.com\/overworked-and-under-rested-the-real-reason-youre-so-tired\/"},"modified":"2021-09-10T17:32:24","modified_gmt":"2021-09-10T17:32:24","slug":"overworked-and-under-rested-the-real-reason-youre-so-tired","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ultimatehealthreport.com\/overworked-and-under-rested-the-real-reason-youre-so-tired\/","title":{"rendered":"Overworked and Under Rested: The Real Reason You\u2019re So Tired"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Feeling tired all the time? You\u2019re not alone. Turns out 60% of folks say they\u2019re more exhausted now than they were in their pre-pandemic days. And sleep is only part of the equation.<\/p>\n
We live in a high-achieving, chronically fatigued culture. One of the reasons being that we\u2019re constantly bombarded by the message that productivity is the ultimate goal in life<\/strong>. We\u2019re socially rewarded for crushing it whenever and wherever possible:<\/p>\n You get the picture.<\/p>\n Even if you love what you do, the pressures to keep up with the modern world can leave you feeling mentally, emotionally, and physically drained. As a health coach, I see this all the time. My clients come to me foggy and fatigued, falling asleep in front of the TV, snapping at their kids, and chronically over caffeinating. And the conventional recommendation to \u201cget more sleep\u201d just hasn\u2019t cut it.<\/p>\n Signs you might be running on empty:<\/p>\n According to physician, researcher, and author, Saundra Dalton-Smith, there\u2019s a big difference between sleep and rest. She says, \u201cIf you\u2019re waking up and still exhausted, the issue probably isn\u2019t sleep.\u201d<\/strong> And there are seven areas of rest we\u2019re collectively not getting enough of:<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n As a society, we have a real problem with not being in \u201cgo mode\u201d all the time. And I don\u2019t just mean taking more days off work, although studies show that Americans have an average of nine unused vacation days per year. And on the days they do take off, workers admit to obsessively checking and responding to emails.<\/p>\n As a high achiever myself, I know how hard it is to shut things down . I am physically uncomfortable in the presence of low productivity or what I perceived in myself as laziness. But researchers agree that resting is far from unproductive. In fact, Mary Helen Immordino-Yang of the University of Southern California and her colleagues found that downtime is essential to a bunch of different mental processes. They discovered that when people rest, their minds wander and engage in a default mode of neural processing that\u2019s suppressed when their attention is focused on the outside world.<\/strong> Evidence also suggests that this default mode is crucial for psychosocial mental processing \u2014 that means things like recalling memories, having a positive outlook on the future, and instilling a code of social ethics.<\/p>\n When your mind and body are at rest, it allows your brain to make sense of what it\u2019s absorbed and provides insights on how to move forward in a calm, clear, and morally appropriate way.<\/strong><\/p>\n Researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston also found that rest can lead to genomic activity changes. In one study, they discovered that a specific method called the Relaxation Response, produced antioxidation and anti-inflammatory changes that reduced stress in the body, lowering heart rate, blood pressure, hypertension, depression, anxiety, and insomnia.<\/p>\n Taking time off to recharge your batteries is something most trainers or health professionals won\u2019t tell you. But if you want to get off the overworking, over-caffeinating, and under recovering rollercoaster for good, you\u2019ll want to incorporate a few of these strategies into your routine.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n If you don\u2019t want to be known as the friend (or coworker or parent) who\u2019s always exhausted, take a sec to look at areas of your life where you could use some rest. Yes, sleep is part of the answer, and it\u2019s important to a variety of metabolic functions, but tapping into your physical, mental, sensory, creative, emotional, social, and spiritual restoration will give you the biggest return on investment. Curious if you could feel more rested? See what happens when you incorporate a few of these tips:<\/p>\n Are you overworked? Under rested? Tell me what works for you.<\/em><\/p>\n\n
The Downside of Keeping Up<\/h3>\n
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The True Power of Rest<\/h3>\n
7 Ways to Get the Rest You Need<\/h3>\n
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Tired All the Time?<\/h3>\n
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