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When is it time to give up?
When do you throw in the towel?
I thought I was doing really well, and then everything came crashing down.
My body and mind needed rest. I needed to reset both to function again.
When do you stop trying? When do you stop getting on the treadmill of life to go through the same motions to get through each day?
When do you throw in the towel and give up?
I exhausted myself without realizing it. I was trying so hard across so many different areas of life: finances, sleep, nutrition, social life, school, work, and more. I was trying to stay on top of everything.
And then one day I just stopped working. I couldn’t muster enough energy to get out of bed. I dragged myself out of bed only to go home not long after because my coworkers asked, “Do you need to go home?” and I realized I really needed to rest.
I’ve been operating on 9 hours of sleep lately, and that’s usually more than enough for the average person.
So what in the world happened? Why did my body treat me like this?
I’m thankful I have my therapist and psychiatrist to help me next week, but I was just blown away by how suddenly everything I’d tried to work for came abruptly to a stop. It was almost inexplicable, and I’m…
