A reorganization of sleeping, eating and physical exercise habits to avoid signs of “mental fatigue”
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A reorganization of the habits of sleep, food and physical exercise before the breakdown of the routines that were carried out before the quarantine is essential to avoid the signs of “mental or cognitive fatigue” that can lead to muscle pain or anguish, said today a specialist from the Institute of Cognitive Neurology (INECO).
The expert, through a statement from the Institute, warned that with the prolongation of social isolation “the feeling of lethargy that people manifest when facing activities of their daily life that they previously carried out without any difficulty becomes more and more present. “.
Pablo López, psychologist and academic director of the INECO Foundation, assured that “the routine changes of adults and children, the health protocols that we must not forget and the level of attention that video calls require, represent a great cognitive effort for people; added to the fact that we have lost the stability and anticipation that the routine gave us ”.
He indicated that this situation can lead to a state of “mental or cognitive fatigue” whose main symptoms are “drowsiness, inability to concentrate and difficulty in” processing tasks to be performed “
For López, mental fatigue it entails “a loss of interest, attention and motivation; affecting both our personal life, as well as our social and work life” and can lead to “muscle aches, headaches, anxiety, sustained memory difficulties, and unrefreshing sleep as well as makes us prone to mental and physical health problems in the medium term “
The professional considered key to combat these symptoms “a reorganization of habits to restore the three most important parts of our health: food, physical exercise and good sleep.”
He expressed that lthe tools to combat mental fatigue son “regulate sleep schedules as much as possible, also establishing clear and pre-established rest spaces during the day.”
In addition, he recommended “trying to get the overwhelming ideas out of the mind and look for concrete actions to modify them, or even notice them and then think about them and share them with someone”
He also mentioned do not confuse physical distancing with social or emotional and go to meditation techniques “that allow some emotional regulation, anxiety reduction and cognitive improvement”.
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