Emotional exhaustion it can really happen to all of us, regardless of gender, age or circumstances. It tends to disguise itself in various ways and what is important to remember is that most of the time it is not easy to spot.

What are its symptoms?

  • Difficulty managing emotions

The feelings of anxiety, melancholy, anger or even impatience are normal and extremely helpful in those moments when the reaction is the only solution to the action of our organism and the circumstances that surround us. Usually, these kinds of emotions make their appearance as a reaction to something we felt, saw or thought. They tend to be transient feelings and then subside, but if emotional exhaustion coexists with these feelings, then they tend to persist or even worsen.

So we would say that in a sense these feelings are the so-called uninvited guests that we are in no way in the mood to sit with them. And yet, we are forced. We feel suffocated, oppressed, and ultimately unable to handle them.

The key and the so-called secret here, is to root our surface problem. We need to delve deeper into our worries and concerns, so that we can see what it really is that causes us this endless discomfort of not being able to manage our own everyday life.

  • Hypersensitivity to almost everything

Even if you claim to be a sensitive person by nature, in the reality of emotional burnout things can become much more complex. This does not mean that you tend to cry at every opportunity, it means that even small things or small issues annoy you and your reactions tend to become exaggerated. So, you usually end up feeling stuck in the middle of nowhere with absolutely nothing you can do to manage the situation.

The secret here is to understand that this is not an element of your character and that not everything comes to this conclusion. The key here is to understand that you have probably reached your limits and that the moment has come for you to emotionally bend from the obligations and from the pressure of everyday life.

  • You refuse to feel or enjoy your successes

Even your simplest success, even the smallest goal that took effort to achieve, seems indifferent to you. You usually feel discouraged or even defeated. You tend to see the glass as half empty with absolute terms and colors that lead only to black and white. And if one sentence could characterize this symptom of yours, then we would say that the following one sums it all up: “So far and it doesn’t last”.

The key here? Understand that no battle and no goal you set has been lost. It’s about the feeling of defeat, not the defeat itself. After all, without the hope of knowing that no successful person would reach the steps of success.

  • You don’t feel strong enough to continue

In combination with defeat, the feeling of weakness comes to accompany it. When someone (even you) feels unbearably pressured to continue any endeavor, that’s when they should do everything to continue.

The secret here is simple and complex at the same time. You must also understand here that it is in no way a weakness of character. All you need is to give true answers to the biggest questions about your life.

What are your goals? With which people do you want to implement them? How do you imagine yourself in the next ten years? It may seem difficult, but in reality it is liberating.

  • You are afraid of “falling” – You are afraid of failure

Usually this happens to us when we suffer from low emotional balance. It’s also a fact that we can’t always control the things that happen to us or stress us out to the utmost, let alone when emotional burnout knocks on our door.

The number one key here is to stay close to yourself more than ever. To listen to your needs, your difficulties and your desires. Besides, you deserve it!

  • The need for a few changes is all you’re asking for

Even if you don’t know how to deal with the discomfort of emotional exhaustion, even if you didn’t know until today that you were experiencing such a situation, the only thing you are sure of is that you have reached your personal limits while at the same time you have a terribly strong desire to you make some changes.

You may see that something is wrong, and if this something doesn’t change immediately on a practical level, you won’t be able to get out of the quagmire you feel you’ve reached.

  • How do I deal with the emotional exhaustion I feel?

By giving you some bullet points or in other words some key points, I have to tell you that if you follow them the only thing that is certain is that you will see radical changes happening to yourself for the better.

In the first phase, I would suggest you to recognize all those signs that keep you locked up. but also helpless from what is happening inside you. In the second phase, it is important to remember that knowledge is your only honest ally in any difficulty you will need to face in your life.

After accepting all of the above, it is now important to ask yourself what it is or are you really need in this phase of your life. Gather information about the change you want to bring about and then prepare for the big change.

Give yourself a gift. This time give him the greatest gift of inner peace. It is one of the most precious gifts that will give you the awareness of being able to stay connected to the present and reconciled with the past. Under this condition, you will manage to control the moments you experience in the now by investing more in the present and not in the past, nor in the stress that often brings with it the future.

In closing, I would suggest that you do something you love every day, even if it is a walk in nature. Create the foundations for a better “you” and who do you know? Maybe tomorrow the sun will shine brighter for you!