![]() ![]() “I say, ‘I’m just a bit tired,’ but what I mean is, ‘I’m mentally, emotionally and physically drained/exhausted from the effort of putting one foot in front of the other. ‘I’m alive:’ I’m breathing still, so that’s something.”ġ5. “‘I’m alive.’ Because at this point, there’s no way to properly covey to anyone that you’re ‘tired’ with it being understood or not reprimanded. It’s confusing and overwhelming, but is my every day.”ġ4. “Imagine a balloon you want to fill completely full with air: when the balloon is tighter you think it’s going to pop and when you breathe that one more breath into it, you’re both impressed that it could hold that much and more terrified about it popping on the next one. I lack in classes, and you guys do not understand. The thoughts in my head are overtaking and it is such a battle to just get up and breathe and go to school. Tired of trying to concentrate in class when I’m on the verge of crying over ‘nothing’… And most of all: I’m tired of those thoughts that make me so tired of all the other things.”ġ2. ![]() “I’m tired of feeling like I’m an annoyance to everyone, most of all my boyfriend and parents. I need to step away from everyone and most everything so I can recover in solitude.”ġ1. I cannot even act like a cheery human being. Physically I can be tired, but my ability to process emotions, noises, conversation is exhausted. “I’m tired also means I’ve reached my max capacity of sensory overload. Always, without fail a simple, ‘How are you today?’ For a while I would give the canned response, but when I knew she wanted me to be honest I would reply with a “hollow,” “detached,” “adequate” and on really low days, an “empty.” Just being honest about the feelings and having someone ask without fear of repercussion or distance or aloofness does wonders.”ġ0. “I am lucky enough to have a friend online who checks in with me on the daily. I’m terrified that I’ve become such an emotional burden to my friends because I vent to them maybe one day they will say ‘enough,’ they’re done listening. “I’m an emotional train wreck who keeps going over and over the same ground trying to figure out what I did wrong even though everyone tells me I did nothing. ![]() I’m physically drained from the pain, confusion and fog.”Ĩ. “I feel like my head is exploding from the ambient noise of a million thoughts I don’t even want. I’m tired of everyone and everything, and I need you to leave me alone but still love me because no amount of sleep will fix this.”ħ. But in reality I’ll lie in my bed to not break down in front of everybody.”Ħ. I’m just want to let go of everything and let the water take me deep down. “I feel like I’m at the open sea in the middle of the night with no light in sight. Daily internal battles around the clock zap everything from you.”ĥ. Because I am, just not in the way people think. “I’d say, ‘Well, I’ve been fighting with myself all day to keep going, to get stuff done, to stop getting upset about little stuff, to stop yelling, to stop beating myself up for mistakes (past and present), to fight back the feeling of being overwhelmed by everything, to worry about crying later, the list could go on and on.’ Saying I’m tired is just easier and not a lie. It’s like my mind never wants to give me a break.”Ĥ. I wake up feeling exhausted both physically and emotionally. And even if I sleep, it’s never restful because I constantly have nightmares. Convincing me all the ills of the world are somehow my fault, that I’m a burden, that I’m overwhelming to everyone else too. My thoughts overwhelm me, and even when I’m not doing anything my brain is running a mile a minute, obsessing over everything past, present and future. When you are always fighting a battle, you’re always tired.”ģ. It’s just a kind of tired that no amount of sleep will fix. “Sometimes I can’t even put into words what I’m honestly feeling and saying, ‘I’m tired,’ is the easiest way to put it. I just want to be able to answer the question with, ‘Yeah, I’m good thanks,’ and mean it.”Ģ. Feeling like I’m losing a battle I’m never going to win. So we challenged our mental health community to answer, “How are you?” without saying, “I’m tired.” Because although you don’t have to be brutally honest with everyone you meet, answering more honestly - especially with loved ones - is a great first step in getting the support you might need.ġ. It’s a more “socially acceptable” answer when you don’t have the heart to say, “I’m good.” But saying, “I’m tired,” doesn’t always cut it if you’re having a hard day living with a mental illness. Sometimes when people ask us how we are, we say, “I’m tired,” when we really mean so much more. ![]()
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