Do you ever have to deal with family members or people in your life that are hard? Do you get frustrated in dealing with social media and even the news? Maybe you are even tired of your own self. There are some people that feel that they are the problem and that the world would be better without them. They wonder why they keep trying or why they worry about anything. This can be emotional exhaustion.
Sometimes you might not feel tired in your body but you feel that you are beyond tired when it comes to dealing with people or even things around you. This is something that can take time to build up but once you get to that point, it can mess with your sleep and cause you to put your life at risk.
Emotional exhaustion is something that people don’t often realize they are experiencing and they don’t even realize they are tired until it is already too late. Once they realize they are emotionally tired, this can lead to blaming and being angry at themselves. Sometimes though, people will deny that they are feeling this way. They will continue to be tired and continue dealing with people until they are dealing with an unhealthy situation in themselves.
There are people that will go into escapism so that they don’t have to face the reality of what they are feeling and some will run to toxic people. They will have emotional breakdowns or anxiety attacks and will be overwhelmed in everything in their life.
Most of the time their body will stay strong but their mental state will be a totally different question.
Understanding Emotional Exhaustion
A person that is emotionally exhausted isn’t necessarily physically tired. When someone gets tired in their emotions, they never seem to be able to get things back into perspective.
Some people will experience these things without realizing that it has to do with emotional exhaustion:
- Not hungry.
- Losing hair.
- Endometriosis.
- Sleeping problems.
- Problems with blood sugar.
- Dysmorphia.
- Acne.
- Eczema.
- A leaking gut.
Even though emotional exhaustion didn’t cause these things, emotional exhaustion can lead to stress which can lead to health problems.
Symptoms of Emotional Exhaustion
- You make excuses for what other people do.
- You want to please everyone.
- You feel doomed.
- Everything seems to bother you.
- You have anxiety attacks.
- You are emotionally unavailable to others.
- Saying no is something you won’t do.
- Socializing is hard.
- You don’t remember being happy.
- You feel anxious and exhausted.
- You cry over movies and other things.
Social media and the news can cause you to feel tired. You need to be careful what you look at so that you don’t get emotionally exhausted. You can allow yourself to get drained and then you will have nothing left except to allow yourself to heal and to get strong again.
How to Heal Emotional Exhaustion
Once you start feeling emotionally exhausted, there are things you need to do such as:
- Be honest with yourself and others.
- Share your feelings.
- Don’t apologize for what you are feeling.
- Say no when you need to.
- Get a weighted blanket.
- Drink tea.
- Buy an eye mask.
- Shower.
- Take a bath.
- Don’t get into other people’s business.
- Stay off of social media.
- Go out in nature.
- Know that you don’t owe anyone anything.
- Get an acupressure mat.
- Stay off electronics.
Take time to rest and to relax and you will see that you have come farther in your life than you imagined that you could. This will help you to rest and to be calm and collected.
