BIG BOUNCE BACK
By Jane Marks
H
ow many of us are feeling emotionally exhausted? I know I am. The accumulated stressors from our personal lives, work lives, and world events can be overwhelming to our mental health. As we try and manage our stress, the indicators of emotional exhaustion are all around us: lack of motivation, anxiety, difficulty sleeping, generalized fatigue, compromised concentration, expectation of dread, apathy, irritability, and lack of sustained joy. If we examine our lives and look around, there are so many triggers that can lead to emotional exhaustion. Even positive stressors like having a baby, getting a new job or winning the lottery can lead to this kind of stress. Most often, however, it is being a caregiver, the loss of a loved one, or other unexpected news that changes our daily functioning. We are simply drained. For those of us who recognize emotional exhaustion as a problem in our own lives, these tips should help with the “big bounce back” this week:
tallahassee woman | 42 | august • september 2022
