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Quarantine fatigue: Everything you need to know about it

Do you feel tired of the quietness around, and also experience unrest, depression, anxiety, loneliness, or even irritability?

2 min readNew DelhiSep 2, 2020 01:20 PM IST First published on: Sep 2, 2020 at 01:20 PM IST

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Here’s what quarantine fatigue looks like. (Source: Getty Images/Thinkstock)

Have you been feeling exhausted despite being at home? Do you feel tired of the quietness around, and also experience unrest, depression, anxiety, loneliness, or even irritability? If yes, you could now be having ‘quarantine fatigue’, said Dr Ravi Gaur, chief operating officer, lab director, Oncquest Labs Ltd.

Quarantine fatigue is caused because of isolation, lack of routine, disconnect, loss of freedom to go about everyday life, depleted energies in spite of more than normal rest, and having a same routine every day. This phenomenon is the result of all the emotional stress brought about by the current circumstances we are in, the expert added.