Why You’re Experiencing Zoom Fatigue
Gallery FOMO
The more people on the call, the more stressful this element becomes. There’s FOMO around what’s happening in every square. You’re used to being in the same room with people, and having a general sense of what everyone is doing. You can see everyone either straight on or in your peripheral vision. On a Zoom call, you only see what someone is doing by looking at their square. Then you worry you missed something in the other squares. It’s not natural to feel there is a lot happening around you that you cannot see.