Does doing even the simplest and quickest of tasks make you feel exhausted and weary?

是否連做些做簡單、快速的工作都會讓你疲憊不堪？

We've made a video on 7 signs of emotional burnout to find out more.

我們曾經製作過一部影片，列舉 7 個情感倦怠徵兆以進一步了解。

Chronic fatigue can be caused by a number of different factors.

慢性疲勞可能又許多不同因素引起。

Usually, things like a poor diet, dehydration, lack of exercise, and a bad sleeping habit are to blame.

像是飲食不當、脫水、運動不足以及睡眠習慣不佳等狀況通常都是罪魁禍首。

But what if it isn't your physical health but, rather, your mental health that's the problem?

但如果不是你的身體健康，而是心理健康出了問題呢？

If you're eating healthy, getting lots of sleep, and exercising regularly but still struggle to make it through most days,

如果你吃得健康、睡眠充足而且規律運動，但多數日子仍然是掙扎著度過，

then the tiredness you feel is most likely due to emotional and mental distress.

那麼你感覺到的疲勞很可能是源自情感和精神困擾。

With that said, here are 6 possible psychological reasons why you feel tired all the time.

話說至此，以下提供 6 個可能讓你總是感到疲憊的心理因素。

1. You're overwhelmed with life.

1. 你被生活壓得喘不過氣來。

Are you going through a particularly difficult time in your life right now?

你是否正在經歷人生中特別艱難的時期呢？

Like dealing with the death of a loved one, the end of an important relationship, or adjusting to an unfamiliar environment.

可能正應付著所愛之人的死亡、一個重要關係剛結束，或正在適應陌生環境。

It can be overwhelming enough that you start to feel exhausted all the time, trying to deal with it.

嘗試應付這件事的重擔可以大到讓你開始時時感到疲倦。

There's too much pressure weighing you down, too many decisions to make, too many duties and responsibilities you need to attend to.

有太多拖垮你的壓力、太多要下做的決定、太多需要你關注的任務與職責。

You feel like you don't have room to breathe anymore.

你覺得你已經沒有呼吸的空間了。

And you're seriously starting to think that you're only inches away from a complete mental breakdown.

而你也認真地開始思考你只差一點點就會完全精神崩潰了。

2. You're in a toxic environment.

2. 你處於一個有毒的環境中。

Does your family barely ever get along with each other?

你家人之間是否幾乎沒有處得來的時候？

Are your parents always screaming at one another?

你的父母是否總是對彼此吼叫、謾罵？

Or perhaps you feel like they're all just taking advantage of you without any care for your personal well-being at all.

或者你覺得家人們都是在佔你的便宜，對你人的幸福毫不關心。

Maybe it's your work life that's got you feeling so burnt out all the time.

也許是你的工作生活讓你總是覺得精疲力竭。

Is your boss overworking you to the point where you have no work-life balance anymore?

老闆給你的工作量是否多到讓你不再有工作和生活之間的平衡？

Or maybe all your work mates are trying to sabotage one another.

又或者是你所有的同事們都試著扯彼此的後腿。

Either way, being in a toxic environment constantly puts your mental health at risk and drains a lot of your energy.

無論是哪種方式，在一個有毒的環境中不斷地使你的心理健康受到威脅 並耗費了你大量的精力。

3. You've neglected your self care.

3. 你忘記要照顧自己。

Have you been neglecting to take care of yourself?

你是否一直都忽視了對自己的照護？

You stop eating right, you barely get any sleep, and you don't keep yourself hydrated or physically fit.

你不再好好吃東西、幾乎不睡覺，而且也不補充水分或是維持良好體態。

Not only that, but you don't make time for yourself to do the things you love and enjoy.

不僅如此，你還不為自己留出時間做喜歡和享受的事情。

You don't have a social life anymore, you don't spend time with your friends and family.

你不再有社交生活，不花時間和朋友與家人相處。

And worst of all, you've lost touch with yourself.

最糟糕的是，你迷失了自己。

4. You feel anxious all the time.

4. 你總是感到焦慮。

It's not uncommon for people who suffer from anxiety disorders to feel exhausted all the time because your brain is always on high-alert, fight-or-flight mode.

有焦慮症狀的人時常感到疲憊並不是不尋常的事，因為你的頭腦總是處於高警覺、非戰則逃的狀態。

You often experienced sudden spikes in energy levels, which leads you to feeling mentally and emotionally drained.

你時常會經歷突然增加的能量，讓你感到精神上以及情緒上的疲憊感。

You feel tired a lot because your mind is usually running a hundred miles a minute, overthinking and fixating on all the ways something could go horribly wrong.

你常感覺累的原因是，你的腦袋以異常快的速度在運轉，過度思考且偏執於事態可能演變到很糟糕地步的可能性。

5. You're suffering from depression.

5. 你受抑鬱症而苦。

Chronic fatigue is one of the core criteria for a person to be diagnosed with depression, along with feelings of sadness, emptiness, loneliness, and hopelessness.

慢性疲勞是一個人被診斷罹患抑鬱症的一個核心要素，另外伴隨著悲傷感、空虛感、孤獨感和絕望感。

When you're depressed, you don't have the energy or motivation to do anything, not even the things you used to love and enjoy so much.

當你抑鬱的時候，會失去做任何事的精力或動力，你過去非常喜愛和享受的東西都一樣。

You feel exhausted even when you're just lying in bed all day.

即便你只是整天躺在床上都會感到疲憊。

You wonder what the point is in doing anything at all anymore.

你甚至會思考做任何事究竟還有什麼意義。

You become emotionally numb, shallow, and apathetic.

你的情感會變得麻木、淺薄且冷漠。

It's a kind of tiredness that doesn't go away, no matter how much rest, eat, or sleep you get.

那是一種不管你休息多久、吃多少或有多少睡眠時間都不會消失的疲累。

And 6. You're always stressed out.

最後第 6. 你壓力總是很大。

Are you stressing about studying for a good grade, meeting an important deadline, or finishing a project perfectly?

你是否在為取得好成績、趕上某個重要的期限或完美結束一個專案而感到極大壓力？

Constant long-term exposure to high levels of stress is one of the leading causes behind emotional and mental exhaustion.

持續暴露在高程度壓力之下是導致情緒與精神疲勞的主因之一。

When you're stressed out, your body kicks in to high gear and expends all of its energy on dealing with whatever it is you're so stressed out about.

當有壓力時，你的身體會進入高速運轉，把所有精力都消耗在處理讓你感到及大壓力的事。

Researchers have found that an oversupply of cortisol and adrenaline can wear you out over time and even cause you to suffer a mental or emotional crash.

研究人員發現，皮質醇和腎上腺素的過度供應會隨著時間推移讓你疲憊不堪，甚至導致精神或情緒崩潰。

Sometimes, treating exhaustion with some rest and relaxation, eating healthy, getting lots of sleep, and exercising regularly isn't gonna be enough.

有時後，用休息和放鬆的時間、健康飲食、充足睡眠並規律運動來治療疲憊感是不夠的。

It's important that you get to the root of the problem so you know the best way to treat it.

重要的是，你要找到問題的根源，才能夠知道治療它的最佳方法。

Do you relate to any of these reasons mentioned here?

上述任何原因引起了你的共鳴了嗎？

What do you plan to do next?

你接下來打算做什麼？

If you're worried about your mental health, reach out to a therapist or a counselor today and get the help you need to deal with your problems in a positive way.

如果你是擔心自己的心理健康，今天就向治療師或諮詢師聯絡，讓自己獲得以正向方式應付自己問題的援助。

And who knows?

誰知道呢？

It might just bring back the skip in your step again.

它或許正好可能讓你的腳步再次變得輕盈。