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Video call (zoom, teams) exhaustion anyone?

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Are others finding them selves in a state of shutdown if you do more than 3 hours in a day on video calls? This is becoming a serious issue for me with doing my job remotely. 

That plus growing sensitivity to noise from household appliances!

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  • One tip, switch the view of yourself off, that reduces cognitive demand lots.

    Second, I have it set so it focuses on the speaker, and then a row of the other people at the bottom of the screen. This helps me.

    And NT friends of mine have been saying exactly the same, 3 hrs max, audio only where possible. A self employed NT friend has simply reduced her work day and income as she can't do many.

    My first long meeting of 2 hrs back in April and I went to bed and fell asleep for four hours!

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  • One tip, switch the view of yourself off, that reduces cognitive demand lots.

    Second, I have it set so it focuses on the speaker, and then a row of the other people at the bottom of the screen. This helps me.

    And NT friends of mine have been saying exactly the same, 3 hrs max, audio only where possible. A self employed NT friend has simply reduced her work day and income as she can't do many.

    My first long meeting of 2 hrs back in April and I went to bed and fell asleep for four hours!

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