Earlier in the week I wrote about feeling exhausted but unable to sleep, but what about when you feel tired and you have been getting enough sleep? Assuming there isn’t anything physically wrong (do check that out), could the problem be emotional weariness?
I dare say that’s a common problem these days. Whether it’s the tedium of the same old, same old at work or lack of enthusiasm about some other job that needs to be done, sometimes we all just wish we could go back to bed, binge-watch something on Netflix, or do ANYTHING ELSE than the task at hand! In some cases, it’s because the work needed actually feels depressing, or perhaps you’re headed for burn-out (if you aren’t there already).
See if you can arrange a break. If that’s all you really need to do, why explore further? Why not give in to your impulses for a long nap or more extended time out if you can arrange it? That alone can do a lot of good!
But sometimes the situation isn’t something you can take a long enough break from. You actually would rather not have to do this job at all, but you either can’t quit right away or your conscience won’t let you. It’s something you know really has to be done, you just wish you didn’t have to. That’s when Hornbeam flower essence could be nice to have around!
I find that Hornbeam can sometimes help a person approach a job from a different perspective. Maybe there’s a different way to do it. Maybe there are people who could help. Maybe reconnecting with a sense of purpose could bring the inner strength you need to the fore. Or it might inspire you to make a needed change of some other sort.
Frequently, Hornbeam alone is enough to bring back your energy. But I also use it in my Recovery from Burnout and Exhaustion formula. In that one I add additional flower essences for balanced use of power (maybe you’ve been working too hard for too long), one for more emotional backbone, and another for more joy and enthusiasm.
I just made a bottle of Recovery from Burnout and Exhaustion for myself. The first thing I do when I take it is yawn and that’s a good thing. It releases tension. From past experience I know it might both help me sleep and, eventually, help me use my energy in a more balanced way. Eventually, my energy comes back along with my sense of humor.
UPDATE (two days later):
First, this did help me sleep the first night and I felt better the next day. But then a series of strange things happened. I had an unusual craving for a certain food that I did not choose to satisfy because it meant going out to eat and over my desired budget. What I did eat wasn’t satisfying at all so I got irritated and frustrated with the situation because certainly I could have afforded what I really wanted (so why did I treat myself like that?). I rectified the situation with a similar tasting treat as a second course at home and then my craving shifted to house-hunting on Zillow (again, with my desired choices out of my desired price range). This started to make me depressed so I pulled out my journal to try to get a handle on why I was doing this to myself. After all, moving right now while we’re doing family caregiving would be really disruptive and not even desirable. The weird thought that came to me is that my apartment is really disorganized and cluttered and I haven’t done anything about it for years even though I certainly could tackle one room or part of a room at a time. There’s an inner desire to escape the situation (both situations—caregiving and clutter) and start over! But that’s not really a healthy solution.
So I resolved to do something about my apartment clutter and had an amazing sudden burst of energy! I’ve had several organizing projects I’ve wanted to do but put aside because the only solution acceptable to me was something I didn’t think I could afford. Do you see the pattern here? Wanting something I can’t afford and not being satisfied with the affordable options and then choosing to do nothing instead is actually exactly what my mother did all the time when I was growing up! We sat on a rug on the living room floor because she couldn’t be satisfied with a used or cheap couch . . . until all her children grew up and moved out of the house! Then she bought a fancy one.
I did not think I inherited that pattern because I don’t have any inner prohibition about shopping at yard sales or buying something used but in some respects I did! And I don’t have to settle for this. I actually have a good job, a business, and a growing savings account. I can’t yet buy the house I’m saving up for, but I can afford to buy cabinets and shelves! And I suddenly have tons of energy and enthusiasm for doing that.
So a Hornbeam lesson: sometimes we put ourselves into a rut in our lives that wears on us and gets us down because of really old beliefs and patterns of behavior we learned earlier in our lives. And all it might take to change things is a recognition of what happened and a decision to try something else!
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Flower essences are used to assist with mind-body-spirit interactions and individual results may vary. They are extremely dilute which makes them quite safe. But because so little physical substance can be detected in a flower essence solution, these products are presumed to work on an energetic or vibrational level—something that cannot be adequately tested by western scientific methods. Claims made by me, therefore, are based on personal experiences and the evidence of the combined multiple decades of case notes by Dr. Edward Bach as well as Healing Herbs and Flower Essence Services (the companies who make the ingredients I use in my products). This is not, however, accepted medical evidence or substantiated scientific evidence from a modern allopathic point of view. I am not a medical doctor or licensed healthcare practitioner.
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