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When your mind keeps circling around the same fears: money, health, people you love, it drains your energy. Anxiety slowly creeps in and makes you fatigued
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Depression may or may not make you cry. That weight of constant low mood leaves little energy for anything else. Simple tasks like brushing your hair or answering a message, feel like big task
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The loss of someone close doesn’t just ache in the heart—it lingers in the body too. Sleep goes strange. Time blurs. Even breathing feels heavier. That’s grief—slow, patient, and quietly exhausting
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You can run on adrenaline for a while, but not forever. When the ‘fight or flight’ response stays switched on too long, your body pays for it. Headaches, deep ache behind your eyes… it all adds up
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When you feel nothing is in control, be it your career, health, or home, it makes you feel exhausted. You feel defeated and helpless
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Somedays, stress doesn’t let you sleep. You keep scrolling the phone, mindlessly watching television, even staring at the ceiling. On such days exhaustion deepens, and your body can’t heal
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Emotional emptiness is when you feel there’s no real connection and you are alone. The feeling is frustrating and can make you sad and bitter
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It starts with skipping breaks. Then weekends. Then sleep. Before long, the line between effort and survival gets blurry. Burnout doesn’t arrive all at once, but it always takes more than it gives
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Old mistakes, unresolved words, that thing you wish you’d done differently, guilt weighs you down, and you may not even notice it’s there, until your body reminds you through sheer exhaustion
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The truth is, talking helps. So does walking. Or journaling. Or just saying no without guilt. Healthy coping tools aren’t loud or flashy, but they slowly refill what emotional fatigue takes away