Some context: I have been building brands or building digital experiences for over 15 years (fortune 500 and 1000 companies and all that) so it was natural to get hooked to the frenzy aka AI (LLMs really) early on. So, dealing with “screen work” and “layouts and code” is not new. However, has anyone else experienced vertigo, head pressure, intense eye strain, or mental “brick walls” since doing deep AI, coding, or prompt work every day? I’m asking because I genuinely am getting worried now that something was wrong with me. There were moments where my brain felt so exhausted it almost felt painful. Like I had been mentally lifting weights all day and then couldn’t even make it up the stairs. I actually caught myself wondering if something serious was going on… tumor-level thoughts. That’s how far it went. Yes, I have grown old compared to early life but still… What changed: I went from mixed physical work (meeting clients, teams, attending events) to long stretches of high-focus AI work. Constant abstraction. Context switching. Watching models generate in seconds while my brain tried to keep up with the speed of the context window. That’s when it clicked: AI can perhaps move faster than our biology. While the tools are expanding what we can do, our brains are still trying to process massive amounts of information, decisions, and meaning at once. That mismatch seems to create a kind of cognitive and nervous system strain if you don’t respect it. What I learned digging into it: This isn’t just screen fatigue. It’s a combo of: Digital eye strain Cognitive overload Nervous system + vestibular (balance) stress Basically, our bodies haven’t gotten the reps yet for this new kind of work. What I’m trying now: Stopping before the wall instead of after Bigger text, warmer tones, lower contrast Movement resets during the day Treating deep focus like heavy lifting, not a marathon It helped just realizing I wasn’t “losing it.” I’m also curious long-term: As AI expands human capability faster than evolution ever has, are we going to see new kinds of mental strain if we don’t adapt our workflows, pacing, and recovery? Curious: Has anyone else felt this? Any habits or systems that helped? How are you making deep AI work sustainable instead of punishing? Posting this in case someone else is silently wondering the same thing. submitted by /u/ranaji55
Originally posted by u/ranaji55 on r/ArtificialInteligence
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