Intrinsic

It’s normal to want to STOP especially in modern life. We often ignore that as an option.

But when you CAN’T keep going, do you let yourself really stop? I had to this week, here’s what it reminded me:

If we get out of the head and into the body, we have no other choice.

This means:

Stop scrolling, bingeing, spiraling, “shoulding”. Do nothing and let yourself BE with how you feel for a moment or more.

Once you’ve acknowledged the State,
do less than you think you “should” but DO something to move energy. This will bring you back to tolerance and regulation WITHOUT pushing you over the edge. Forcing intensity is praised in our culture but can backfire in this tricky state; it can narrow overall rested readiness and further depletion.

Walk the dog, stretch with good tunes,
do some task oriented movement with breath awareness…life will start moving through you again if you take time to stop, be with what is, and move without force. Sleep deeply and rise to a new day.

We get depressed if we’ve been pushing too hard without presence for too long. It’s not who we are, it’s informative when you allow it to be. If it works for you to keep pushing notice any costs to performance there: depletion comes for anyone not reading/regulating state.

Hope this can help someone today.