Zoom Fatigue (Why & What You Can Do)

Excessive amounts of close-up eye contct is highly intense.

Seeing yourself during video chats constantly is fatiguing.

Video chats dramatically reduce our usual mobility (we don't move).

The cognitive load is much higher in video chats.

Physical: eyes or head might hurt

Emotional: feeling sad or anxious

Motivational: don't want to do anything

Social: just want to be alone

General: want to take a nap

Reduce the size of the Zoom window to see smaller faces

hide self-view, so you don't have to see yourself

Use an external key board or sit further from the screen

take "audio-only" breaks / turn away from screen