Why You’re Experiencing Zoom Fatigue
Staring at yourself is stressful
Research has found that staring at ourselves for a long time is actually stressful. It turns out that we’re much better at accurately assessing the facial expressions of other people than we are at assessing our own. We didn’t really have to face that reality before Zoom had us staring at our reflections multiple hours a day, and thinking, “Damn. I make a weird face when I’m confused.”