You might be getting to bed. You might be sleeping through the night. And still, you wake up feeling like you haven’t really rested. That kind of tiredness is frustrating because sleep is supposed to fix it. When it doesn’t, you start wondering what you’re doing wrong. Often, this sort of tiredness isn’t about hours slept. It’s about how much you’ve been carrying. Mental and emotional effort uses energy, even when you’re not aware of it. Worry. Tension. Being “on” for other people. Keeping things together. All of that takes a toll, and sleep doesn’t always fully reset it. You can be physically rested but mentally exhausted. Stress plays a big part. When your body has been in alert mode for a long time, it doesn’t always switch...

I don’t always feel sad. I don’t always feel anxious either. Mostly, I just don’t feel much of anything. Things happen and I know how I should react, but the feeling doesn’t really show up. Good things pass by without much impact. Bad things land, but only lightly. Like there’s a gap between me and whatever’s going on. That can be worrying. You start wondering if something’s wrong with you. If you’ve stopped caring. If this is just how you are now. Usually, it isn’t. Feeling numb often comes after too much of something. Too much stress. Too much responsibility. Too much emotional noise for too long. When you don’t get space to deal with things, your system sometimes copes by shutting the door a bit. Not forever. Just enough to...

Sometimes, the anxiety just....shows up. Nothing bad is happening. There’s no obvious threat. You’re not in danger. And yet your body feels tense, your thoughts won’t settle, and you can’t quite relax. That can be frightening on its own. When there’s no clear reason, anxiety feels harder to explain. You might keep scanning your life for a cause. Asking yourself what you’ve missed. Wondering if something bad is about to happen. That uncertainty can make the feeling spiral. But anxiety doesn’t always need a clear trigger. Often it’s your nervous system reacting to pressure that’s been building for a while. Stress that never fully switched off. Worry that became background noise. Long periods of being alert, responsible, or...

I don’t always know why I feel low. Nothing obvious has happened. There isn’t a big problem I can point at. Life hasn’t fallen apart. And yet, something doesn’t feel right. That’s usually the hardest part. When there’s no clear reason, you start questioning yourself instead. You tell yourself you’re being dramatic. Or ungrateful. Or that you should just get on with it. None of that actually helps. Sometimes it’s not one thing. It’s lots of small things that never really got dealt with. Stress that never fully went away. Tiredness that built up slowly. Feelings that got pushed aside because there wasn’t space for them at the time. You don’t always notice it happening. You just notice the weight later. For me, it can feel like...