Tag: burnout

  • Why You Feel Behind: The Invisible Biology of Comparison

    Why You Feel Behind: The Invisible Biology of Comparison

    There is a quiet tension that follows many people through their days. It appears in the morning, when the phone lights up before the mind is fully awake, offering images of other lives already in motion, already producing, already achieving something that seems distant from where you are standing. It remains during work, hidden behind…

  • What Happens When You Live Without Urgency

    What Happens When You Live Without Urgency

    Modern life teaches us something very early:everything is urgent. Messages demand immediate replies.Deadlines stack on top of one another.Even rest starts to feel like something we need to optimize. Over time, urgency stops being a situation and becomes a state of mind.And your brain adapts to it — often at a cost you don’t immediately…

  • The Neuroscience of Year-End Exhaustion

    The Neuroscience of Year-End Exhaustion

    Why your brain feels overwhelmed in December — and what’s really happening beneath the surface December doesn’t just feel heavier.Your brain is genuinely working harder. As the year comes to an end, many people report the same symptoms: mental fatigue, irritability, lack of focus, emotional numbness, and a strange mix of exhaustion and restlessness. Even…