Warmer weather and longer daylight hours are mood lifters, and great for sticking it to winter ills. But if you’re still fighting fatigue after having COVID, or routine disruption, stress and social isolation have taken their toll, you’re not alone.
Long-lasting, inescapable stressors can, eventually, put us in a state of exhaustion and apathy called ‘crisis fatigue’. We’ve lived through nearly three years of difficult, out-of-our-control events that kept our brain and body in a near constant state of readiness for threat. With stress hormones pumping while we got on with our jobs, running households and meeting family obligations, there’s little wonder we’re not all feeling our best selves.
When we’re fatigued, the self-care that keeps us resilient can feel too hard, dragging us into a vicious circle. That’s why,…
