Healing Fatigue

[pixiedream99]

Does anyone currently or have experienced healing fatigue? A condition where you're so tired of healing yourself as you have to go through your trauma symptoms, cope with it, and then having emotionally drained after that for every single day?

I'm in therapy and in my trauma-healing journey, at first I feel motivated and do my therapy homework diligently. But then, with every trauma symptoms that I feel in my body and mind, the triggers that sometimes coming, and the never-ending cycle of anxiety and sadness—I start to feel like giving up. I'm so tired with all of this healing thing and it feels like I'm in a journey which has no end.

I'm sick of those healing quotes I found on social media, I'm sick of every coping mechanism that I have to do everyday to just survive the day. I'm just sick of everything and it feels like I tried my best but it's still dark and painful most of the time.

[Suntower]

I’ve been getting this frequently as well. I’m exhausted and mentally tired, physically tired. Tired of trying to change but knowing I must change. Tired of reframing and all the constant triggers. Healing takes work, so much work. You feel like giving up constantly because at the end of the day, are your efforts really doing anything? Are they really creating change? If they were wouldn’t you feel a bit better, lighter? I’d like to believe these trials add more character to us. As if we’re going through a metamorphosis and we’re still in the cocoon. I’d also like to think these moments of tiredness are very necessary for the shift. You’re not alone in feeling this at all. It’s a heaviness we must carry but I think there’s wisdom in that. I usually don’t like quoting celebrities but I heard Jim Carrey talk about depression as “ deep rest.” I think there’s something to that.

[fauxartist]

I think we all need to re-group and re-charge our batteries or we burn out...and if your therapist isn't aware of how your feeling....you should tell them. There's a difference from not wanting to deal with stuff because it's painful, and just feeling overloaded. They would understand that.