We all get tired from time to time – but new research suggests over half of Brits are feeling hyper-fatigued, meaning they’re exhausted all the time. A study by the vitamins and supplements company Solgar found 55% of Britons are hyper-fatigued, rising to 65% of 25-34 year olds. More than a fifth (23%) blame the ‘always on’ working culture for their constant tiredness, with just over a third (34%) of 25-34-year-olds attributing it to this lack of work-life balance, and 19% putting it down to spending too much time on social media.
Dr Samantha Wild, a GP at Bupa Health Clinics, says hyper-fatigue isn’t a medical term but was a trend identified last year by the research agency Mintel, who said: “The pandemic, rising cost of living, energy crisis, geopolitical unrest, and climate crisis are taking their toll, leaving consumers feeling overwhelmed.” Wild says that while feeling exhausted is very common and we all feel tired sometimes, it can usually be put down to late nights, busy family life, long hours at work, or having disrupted sleep. But she explains: “Hyper-fatigue is the state of continual mental, emotional and physical exhaustion, which is an all-consuming exhaustion caused by unprecedented demands on our energy.
” The GP says the feeling of hyper-fatigue is linked to busy lifestyles, high-pressured work lives and other stressors such as the cost-of-living crisis, climate change, social media, full social calendars, caring responsibilities and energy co.