Thinking hard makes the brain tired | Hacker News
there’s a specific kind of exhaustion that doesn’t come from doing too much, but from thinking too much while doing very little.
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When you force yourself to think hard at problem-solving, you use a part of your brain that tires quickly, especially when you are anxious. Pushing hard for a solution may give you lists of pros and cons, but these don’t necessarily get you to the crux of the issue. By overusing this intense part of your brain, you end up tired, frustrated, and
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when you’re deliberately trying to solve a problem or make a decision, that’s your conscious mind grinding away.
and it’s exhausting because conscious processing burns a shit ton of glucose.
this is why thinking hard makes you physically tired.
and it’s exhausting because conscious processing burns a shit ton of glucose.
this is why thinking hard makes you physically tired.
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there’s a specific kind of exhaustion that doesn’t come from doing too much, but from thinking too much while doing very little.
milk and cookies • a guide to emotional hygiene for overthinkers
So reading the reddit from of the person who tired each productivity for 90 days and just read another one it's clear that these people test out ad much systems as they can as possible and now I know why I further burnout and had cognitive shutdown this year so much as doing deep work for 4hrs is a powerhouse and it's seems that guy
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