Fatigue is no longer a purely seasonal phenomenon; it has become a permanent and deeper feeling. And although it is inherent in human nature, psychologists now distinguish between different types of fatigue, referring to "good and bad fatigue," according to an analysis by Conversion.

Good and...

Examples of "good fatigue" include the Sunday cyclist who has returned from a 30 km ride, or the worker who loves his job and at the end of the day, the week, or the year, even though tired, feels what Kant would call moral pleasure from a job well done or the fulfillment of duty. Fatigue of the body, but not of the soul, rejuvenated by this joy, by this pleasure. Fatigue without exhaustion, in short.

... bad fatigue

It is the extreme form of exhaustion, which sometimes leads to burnout, fatigue not only of the body but also of the soul, bad because even rest is not a cure. Because if the creature that knows good fatigue goes to sleep as a reward, the one who knows bad fatigue goes to sleep as a refuge - a refuge where, unfortunately, the sought-after peace is not found, because his sleep is not the one in which you immerse yourself with pleasure, but one in which you collapse to the ground.

We sleep less and less and worse

Certainly, insomnia always exaggerates the seriousness of the existential situations—personal or professional—in which a person is caught, and upon waking after a restless night, one often feels empowered to act, the loss of consciousness being one of the causes of insomnia. This change in sleep and the resulting fatigue are largely due to the climate of constant uncertainty in which we live.

A life saturated with uncertainty

As philosopher Hannah Arendt says, in this ocean of uncertainty that is the future, we need "islands of security." But as soon as we spot one that seems to be floating, the sea of alarming information engulfs it: climate change, the war in Ukraine and the Middle East, the "Trumpisation" of the world...

Excessive uncertainty is exhausting, sometimes alienating those who are trying to understand their world. They are so little masters of their own time that they experience something like a sense of temporal alienation. A fluid and even gaseous world, which technological progress is constantly transforming to such an extent that the neoliberal system requires today's workers to constantly readjust to an uncertain world.

Laziness in small doses can be like a cure for fatigue, but as a way of life it is selfish, because in order for the lazy to be lazy, many people have to be active. It seems that a reorganisation of labour is necessary so that we do not feel so tired. І BGNES