Brain feels like it’s running extra hard during the week. On the weekends, it feels like mush. Concentration, critical thinking, vocabulary, and mental sharpness have all fallen. Why is it like this?

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Sounds like burn out and you are recovering over the weekends - at least that’s what can happen to me

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Because you are human, OP. We were not built to last 15 hour days of stressful work - and on top of it, we also have incredibly busy lives outside of work, too. it sounds like your body is telling you to slow down

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I feel the same way, but I also have a good time during the weekend so it’s a dopamine thing

Check your Vitamin B if you can - I felt like that as well, and the next time I got my blood work done it turned out my vitamin b was basically nonexistent. My doctor gave me a few vitamin B shots and I’ve been taking a daily supplement and it’s a million times better. Just a thought in addition to taking care of your mental health!

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