6 Signs You're Emotionally Exhausted
It's similar to physical exhaustion, except instead of muscles, it's your mind. It usually appears when you concentrate for a long time on mentally demanding work. If you're always awake or stressed out, you might experience this type of brain drain. Emotional exhaustion can be caused by a variety of factors, including your job, caring for children or aged parents, and so on.
So, how can you know if you are emotionally exhausted or not? Here are 6 signs you're emotionally exhausted:
1. Feeling “Stuck” in Life
We have a hard time changing and expanding our perspective on any situation when we're emotionally exhausted. When we're struggling to get out of a job, a relationship, or a crisis, not feeling emotionally healthy can be a major obstacle in developing and keeping a new, optimistic approach.
At some time in our lives, we will all feel stuck in a problem; when you start feeling that you are inherently stuck in this situation, with no energy or way out, this is an indication of emotional drainage.
As a result, we may experience depression, irritation, and anger, which can appear as physical symptoms including headaches, exhaustion, muscular pain, loss of sleep, and poor appetite.
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2. You Lack Motivation
Emotionally exhausted people often forget to take breaks, believing that if they achieve their objectives, they will be satisfied and won't need to relax. You'll burn out if you don't take the time to enjoy the things that actually make you happy and take breaks from time to time.
According to research, this detached attitude, as well as these mental and emotional states, can make it difficult for people to finish projects, enjoy the process of producing anything, or stick to their goals and plans.
On a physical level, stress and a lack of drive can drain people's energy levels to the point of exhaustion, sluggishness, and even a loss of appetite.
3. You Can’t Sleep Properly
You often feel as if you are out of place. The overwhelming sense of exhaustion makes it difficult to calm your mind and fall asleep. As a result, sleeplessness becomes another item on the to-do list. You are always exhausted and all you want to do is sleep, yet you are unable to do so. Why? Because your mind is racing and you can't seem to break the cycle. Just as you start to fall asleep, some worry will interrupt and jolt you awake, preventing you from getting that much-needed sleep... increasing the exhaustion that is already draining you dry.
4. Rest Doesn’t Help
Even if you don't suffer from insomnia, sleep and other forms of physical rest may not make you feel refreshed. You may need to improve your self-care in such a scenario. Making time to process your feelings with a diary, a supportive friend, or a therapist may often help restore what sleep cannot. Self-care methods such as yoga, meditation, spending time in nature, or taking a hot bath may also be helpful to relieve stress.
Recommended Book: Emotional: How Feelings Shape Our Thinking
5. You Are Easily Irritated
We have a harder time managing what may be seen as irrational anger or unexpected outbursts when our emotions are out of control. In reality, while we're experiencing "burnout," we're desperately trying to maintain our composure and keep our work and duties from collapsing. It's exhausting, draining, and aggravating!
It's easy to give in to rage, impatience, or unexpected outbursts of rage in these moments when our emotions are fried and desperate for a reset. Emotional exhaustion is just interested in getting out, and it doesn't care who bears the brunt of it. We may regret it afterwards, but we've lost the power to control ourselves in the present.
6. You Hide Your True Feelings
Are you tired of hiding your true feelings so that others won't be worried? Or are you sick of pretending to be happy to satisfy others?
Surface acting has been identified as a clear symptom of emotional exhaustion in some studies. That's because pretending to be happy when we aren't is a type of emotional exercise that can be exhausting after a long day. As a result, our daily capacity to complete activities and be productive quickly declines, leading to a sense of dissatisfaction and unworthiness.
It is important to manage our emotions in order to progress and perform successfully at work and at home, with ourselves and others.
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