How much does your backpack weigh? Do you think you can let go of ballast and you don’t know how?

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We all carry a backpack on our shoulders, we feel its weight on our backs. That is where we keep all our experiences: professional successes, unrequited loves, joys, the loss of loved ones…
Good experiences are a pleasant burden, however, bad experiences are a stuffed unnecessary. Do you sometimes feel like your backpack is too heavy? What you feel is called emotional fatigue and it will disappear if you get rid of the burdens you carry on your back.
What is emotional fatigue and how can we manage it?
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Emotional fatigue is extreme tiredness in which symptoms of stress, anxiety anguish and depression On many occasions this fatigue is caused by a saturation of emotions that end up blocking us. The contained emotions the feelings of incomprehension and the unmanaged disappointments They can also cause that discomfort.
The solution to emotional fatigue consists of three steps:
1. Get to know us better We have to learn to look inside ourselves, to read our bodies and to be aware of our sensations and our reactions.
2. Let the emotions come out The idea is to stop accumulating emotions and, from time to time, stop and reflect in order to release some.
3. Understand our emotions. We have to find out what they are telling us to know how to manage them and combat our fatigue.
Maybe it’s time to ask for help?
Sometimes we have no other option but ask someone for advice When we ourselves cannot overcome, after many attempts, things from the past or accept the present, the best idea is to turn to a professional. A person who, based on knowledge, can help you remove each of the stones and assess together whether or not he deserves to be in your backpack.
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PsychologyFor. (2024). Empty Your Psychological Backpack of Bad Experiences. PsychologyFor. https://psychologyfor.com/empty-your-psychological-backpack-of-bad-experiences/