“I can't switch my brain off.” "I am exhausted but I can't seem to be able to shut down and properly rest." "I am so sleep deprived" "I carry so much tention in my neck and shoulders it's keeping me up at night." "I feel like I am living 10 lives inside one." "It's like I am juggling too many balls but I don't know which ones to put down."
And yet so often, we tell ourselves it's not that bad. That we should just get on with it.
Getting help early helps challenge emotional minimisation—the habit of downplaying your own problems because "others have it worse.”
You don't have to wait until things feel unbearable to ask for support.