126 Quotes About Fatigue

Most high altitude workers experienced fatigue after descending to sea level at the end of the work day. No one appeared to know what it was and I now call it ‘Descent Fatigue’.

I don’t for a moment think I am any braver or better than anybody else. This is how I attempt to explain what gives me the strength to do what I do; when that thunderbolt of an idea first hit me and inspired me to row across oceans, it filled me with a sense of purpose so strong that it overcame my fears. Even when boredom, frustration, fatigue or despair threatened to overwhelm me, it was that powerful sense of purpose that kept me going.

My suspicion about what causes Descent Fatigue in high altitude workers is related to reperfusion of thickened hypoxic blood.

It was common for sea level adapted staff to report tiredness and fatigue daily after returning to sea level from the high altitude mountain observatory.

We can put the mattress on the floor and I'll sleep on the box springs. That okay, princess?""That's okay.""Have you seen Shrek? The cartoon?""No, why?""Because you remind me of Princess Fiona. Not quite as curvy, of course.""Of course.""C'mon... give me a hand? This mattress weighs a ton.""You're right," she groaned. "What the hell is in here?""Generations of peasants who died of fatigue.""Charming.

Finally, individuals with severe pathological fatigue might experience states that are very different from what a healthy individual experiences when fatigued.

Winston was gelatinous with fatigue.

He was one of those men for whom all their fatigue went to their eyes in a sleepy, sexy kind of way.

The diagnostic criteria for myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME) and chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) define two distinct clinical entities. Cognitive impairment and post-exertional “malaise” (a long-lasting aggravation of typical symptoms, e.g., muscle weakness and cognitive “brain fog”, after minor exertion) are obligatory for the diagnosis ME, while chronic fatigue is the only mandatory symptom for the diagnosis CFS.