Analyzing questionnaires sent to more than 7,000 doctors, researchers found that almost half complained of being emotionally exhausted, feeling detached from their patients and work or suffering from a low sense of accomplishment.
I woke up exhausted, feeling burdened by the 3 a.m. endless, often torturous conversations with only myself.
However, there were times she found herself leaving meetings totally exhausted, feeling like she'd played a challenging mental game she'd had to work hard to win.
This included symptoms related to mood (e.g., feeling sad, feeling tense), cognition (e.g., difficulty concentrating), and fatigue (e.g., feeling exhausted, feeling sleepy).
Other related terms used spontaneously, or words that were supplied in initial responses to the interviewer's use of the term fatigue, included: tired, exhausted, feeling worn out or wiped out, (lack of) energy, run down, hard to concentrate or focus, slow motion, needing to rest, and falling asleep.
This brutal environment contributes to the parched, exhausted feeling you get after you fly.
It's been exhausting feeling this fat and old and generally inadequate.
"It was exhausting feeling I had to be constantly on the lookout against the vast machinery of the hospital".
After two hours walking through the camp in Calais, meeting refugee children who have crossed Europe alone, Alf Dubs is exhausted and feeling uncharacteristically despondent.
But I was exhausted and feeling a bit off-balance.
I came home to my children, exhausted and feeling the weight of it all.
