← Emotion lab
🥱 Exhausted
Why it happens
Grief is metabolically expensive. Elevated stress hormones, broken sleep, and constant emotional processing burn real energy.
What it might mean
You aren't lazy. You're running heavy background processes all day, every day.
Healthy ways to respond
- Cut your to-do list to the two things that actually have to happen.
- Rest before you collapse, not after.
- Eat something with protein. Grief fatigue and low blood sugar feel identical.
Grounding
Lie flat on the floor for sixty seconds and let it take your whole weight.
Journal prompt
What can come off today's list without anything bad happening?
Write it in LettersSomething else is louder