Brain fag syndrome

Brain fag syndrome (BFS) is a term that was used to describe a set of symptoms including difficulty in concentrating and retaining information, head and or neck pains, and eye pain. Brain fag was believed to be most common in adolescents and young adults due to the pressure occurring in life during these years. The term, now outdated, was first used in 19th-century Britain before becoming a colonial description of Nigerian high school and university students in the 1960s. Its consideration as a culture-bound syndrome caused by excessive pressure to be successful among the young is disputed by Ayonrinde (2020).