![]() ![]() ![]() It is even more difficult, and therefore more imperative, in this tense and uncertain time. I know clients who sleep through the night but wake up with headaches or other chronic muscle spasms due to tension. You can let your body settle, but your mind whirs, and maybe your muscles are still tense. Resting does not always mean you are relaxing. So find times and places to sit down, zone out, and rest. Sleep, of course is ideal, but not everyone can sleep easily. There’s worry over job security or unemployment benefits, medical coverage, our children’s well-being and ability to go back to school - the list goes on.įatigue, exhaustion, and burnout: These are the results of so much hyper-arousal and worry. You have undoubtedly been balancing worries of COVID-19 exposure you are outside your home with the boredom and frustration when you are staying in - the fear that people gathering in a nearby park won’t be wearing masks as they pass you or of the person standing too close behind you in a pharmacy line juxtaposed with the loneliness and isolation of not seeing or touching anyone in weeks, now months. The concerns and anxiety of the days since quarantining began have worn our nerves to a shred. My encouragement is for all of us to use the few weeks before Labor Day to rest, relax, and renew. What is consuming their attention now is how difficult fall will be. ![]() I see many exhausted clients who have been unable to take their usual vacation or pursue the hobbies they enjoy in these usually more-carefree months. But we have a few weeks left of traditional summertime, even as we are mostly unable to do many traditional activities - or at least, not without wearing masks and staying socially distanced. Concerns about what lies ahead in the fall swirl around us. We are beyond the midpoint of this strange 2020 summer. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |