Have you felt it tiring to work on computers?

@sivanj (1263)
India
August 7, 2008 4:47am CST
Has anyone felt it very tiring? I mean more tiring to what you would have felt while doing a physical work. I feel that computer work is more tiring physically and mentally. I spend lots of time on computers and i feel it is more demanding. Do you feel so?
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13 responses
@saycee (112)
• Malaysia
8 Aug 08
I spend more than 10 hours daily in front of the computer. I cannot escape as office staff relies on computer to perform all of the tasks. I feel tired mentally. Sometimes, it depends on what type of tasks you are doing (accounts reporting (enjoying), programming (tiring), report writing (boring), chatting (to release tension), etc). For sure will get tired if work on it for too long. It applies to all type of work. Relax and enjoy your work.
@sivanj (1263)
• India
8 Aug 08
thats what is the truth. enjoy your work and have breaks. relax (might be) with music or something else. all these can help us perform better.
@GMWilll (84)
• United States
7 Aug 08
I agree with you actually. I'm a student, and I spend very long hours doing lots of tedious comp. work. After an hour or so of imputing numbers into a computer, I get REALLY sick of it. It just makes it so I can't physically stay attentive and focused. Also, sitting down for long periods of times isn't to beneficial to being attentive either. I try to get up and stretch ever half hour, just so as to not get too drowsy. Computer work can be a real drag.
@sivanj (1263)
• India
8 Aug 08
Don't take it that harsh friend. it is good that you spoke your heart out. i have had problems because of working on computers. as i have told in responses above, i wish that you take hourly breaks. stretch yourself and go for a walk around your house or go to take water or toilet. i also recommend that you do more table work. when programming prepare the program/algorithm in a paper. do the typing, debugging on the computer. this really helps. i have done it. try it out.
@stephcjh (38473)
• United States
7 Aug 08
Yes. It makes me so sleepy. I work seven days per week online anyway and it wears me out. I spend alot of time online trying to earn money also. I think I get so tired because I stare at the screen and keyboard alot.
@sivanj (1263)
• India
8 Aug 08
If the monitor is a cathode ray tube (CRT) its micro waves makes you tired. you could have heard people say not to sit too close to CRT TVs. whatever it may be the intensity with which one works is the one that causes this. it is being recommended by doctors that you need to have a break every hour so that you break the monotony in your work. this will reduce the fatigue on your mind and body.
@mayka123 (16582)
• India
7 Aug 08
I love typing away on the computer so I do not feel the work tiring at all. In fact I enjoy it.
@mayka123 (16582)
• India
8 Aug 08
I do take short breaks in between. Or else I would be in trouble later with my health.
@sivanj (1263)
• India
8 Aug 08
thats the enthusiasm one would like. great keep going. but i recommend that you don't sit for long in computers. i wish that you take breaks every hour atleast.
@p_vadla (1685)
• India
7 Aug 08
Sitting for long hours without much mobility would definitely make one tired. if the work that we are in is interesting and enjoyable perhaps it does not bring anykind of tiredness.
@sivanj (1263)
• India
8 Aug 08
agreed friend. but still between any work you need to have breaks so as to avoid monotony. thanks for the response.
@gcabando (313)
• Philippines
7 Aug 08
If you would ask me, I wont get tired with working in computers. Because how will bet bored or tired in doing the thing that you Love most. My computer is my lifeline. This is my life.
@sivanj (1263)
• India
8 Aug 08
thats good enthusiasm. keep going.
@ryzach (1544)
• United States
8 Aug 08
I used to have a very physical job and in my opinion being on the computer is not physically tiring. I now work on computer all day, very little physical work and not real complicated. I have days I feel mentally tired but overall I usually don't get real tired working on the computers. I do work part-time and that may very well be why I do not get as tired as yourself. It may also depend on what kind of work you are doing. Best of luck to you
• Croatia (Hrvatska)
8 Aug 08
i never get tired on computer ... but i do get a lot headache every time, and my eyes are getting sleep the more time i spend on it
@icegermany (2524)
• India
7 Aug 08
itsnot always i feel tiring but sometimes i do feel tiring sometime what happens is if u r doing any work unwillingly or forcingly at that point of time a person will really feel boring which leads to tiring so much that a person will not be able to withstand n just feel quiting from that job n feel like resting. dont u think so i m right?
@sivanj (1263)
• India
8 Aug 08
what u r saying is correct. when forced to work you feel the fatigue come up so soon. and you can't go that extra mile.
• United States
10 Aug 08
I work 12 hours shifts and for 11 of those hours I am sitting in front of a computer screen. I am always exhausted when I go home, although I personally think it's more mental exhaustion versus actual physical exhaustion. I work as a 911 dispatcher so at times my job can get very stressful and that just makes me more tired. I also think it's something with the light that is given off by computer screens as well. I have found sometimes my body is not tired, it's really just my eyes because they have been staring at the same screens for so long. I do not think spending 8-12 hours a day in front of a computer is more demanding then say a contractor or builders job. I think it's just a different kind of tired. We deal with mental tiredness while everyone else has physical tiredness. Hopefully that makes sense! :o)
@rocker21 (2716)
• India
8 Aug 08
Never did so much work on a pc that makes me this tiring!
• Philippines
8 Aug 08
yeah mate, i feel the same as you do. actually i spend most of my life in from of the computer. early morning when i wake up at 4 am, immediately i would go to my computer and log on. then at 8 am i would go to office and go straight to my computer till 7:30 in the evening. i am only off the computer when sleeping, showering, pooping, and other personal stuff.. heheheheh am sooooooooo tired! damn tired!
• United States
10 Aug 08
While I'm working on my computer, I fell that I'm more tiring mentally. I'm a designer, so I do a lot of thinking. When I work on the computer for a long time, sometimes I need to take a short sleep.