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your body's union rep, demanding rest before management runs the whole machine into the ground
means A state of physical or mental exhaustion that builds up from exertion, stress, or overwork and demands recovery before you can function well again.
from From French 'fatigue,' from the verb 'fatiguer' (to tire), descending from Latin 'fatigare,' meaning to weary or wear out. The military sense — 'fatigues' as in dull, tiring chores, and the plain work-clothes soldiers wore to do them — grew naturally from the same root, since few things wear a person down like endless drudgery.
- first symptom
- Often the earliest sign of nearly every disease
- muscle limit
- Lactic acid is now cleared as a myth, not cause
- military origin
- Word once meant tiring manual labor for soldiers
- decision drain
- Judges grant fewer paroles when mentally exhausted
- can't fake it
- Brain blocks effort before muscles truly fail
chronic fatigue syndrome — affects approximately 1-3 million americans, formally recognized by nih and cdc
metal fatigue — caused the comet de havilland crashes in 1954, killing 114 people total
compassion fatigue — documented in healthcare workers and first responders, studied extensively since 1992