What is exhaustion and how does it differ from day-to-day tiredness?
Krainson distinguishes exhaustion from tiredness, with tiredness stemming from too little sleep and exhaustion tied to the muscles. “Exhaustion and fatigue are typically problems that have to do with exertion,” Krainson says. “If you feel as if you have to sit down to relax your muscles … and you don’t feel like moving or you can’t move because your muscles are so fatigued that they have no further ability, then that’s exhaustion,” Krainson tells WebMD. Riley also sees mental exhaustion as a real problem that’s typically linked to overwork and sleep deprivation. Riley calls exhaustion an “extreme level of fatigue, an extreme level of tiredness.
