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Zoom Fatigue: Exhaustion caused by frequent online meetings


Do you often feel exhausted after online meetings? Have you ever wondered why online meetings produce greater weariness than traditional meetings, despite not having to get up early or rush to the office?

Jeremy Bailenson, a communications professor and the founder of the Stanford Virtual Human Interaction Lab (VHIL), studied the behavior of people who interact online for hours at a time and found that some of them suffer from "Zoom Fatigue," which causes them to feel tired following meetings.

It may appear that being weary after an online meeting is a small issue. Continuing to deal with this depletion, on the other hand, may have long-term detrimental consequences for your mental and physical health.

Take a look at this article to discover the causes of "Zoom fatigue" and how to fix it to help you better cope with online meetings: https://news.stanford.edu/2021/02/23/four-causes-zoom-fatigue-solutions