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Feeling fatigued? You're not alone.

Feeling emotionally fatigued? Imagine how players in the NBA playoffs must've felt last month. Following another police shooting of an unarmed Black man, players were faced with a difficult choice: protest the death of Jacob Blake, or play as scheduled.

Many chose to protest– a decision viewed by some as an empty gesture of the entitled, and by others as a courageous stand of the outraged. Regardl...