2 months ago
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Posted On: July 21st 2026, 08:30 am
Everyone around you seems to actually enjoy their days off and you’re sitting there on the couch, tv on, brain going a million miles an hour, knowing you should be unwinding and physically not being able to.
You go back to work tomorrow more exhausted than when you left and you don’t know why, because you didn’t even do anything OR you did too much! There is no middle ground.
Here’s why. Your nervous system never got the memo that it was safe to switch off. Years of needing to be ready, staying alert, being switched on, and now even on your own couch in your own home your body is still bracing for something that isn’t coming.
That’s not just how you’re wired. That’s a pattern that was built, and anything built can be changed.
If your days off don’t actually feel like days off. You struggle with motivation or winding down or you feel like your stuck in a loop then send me a message x
#nervoussystem #mindsetcoaching #firstresponder #frontlineworkers
You go back to work tomorrow more exhausted than when you left and you don’t know why, because you didn’t even do anything OR you did too much! There is no middle ground.
Here’s why. Your nervous system never got the memo that it was safe to switch off. Years of needing to be ready, staying alert, being switched on, and now even on your own couch in your own home your body is still bracing for something that isn’t coming.
That’s not just how you’re wired. That’s a pattern that was built, and anything built can be changed.
If your days off don’t actually feel like days off. You struggle with motivation or winding down or you feel like your stuck in a loop then send me a message x
#nervoussystem #mindsetcoaching #firstresponder #frontlineworkers
Comments (1)
2 months agokel_root
Love this! I think so many people normalize being constantly “on” that they forget rest is actually a skill we have to learn. Creating safety in our bodies and allowing ourselves to slow down is such important work.
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