If you’ve ever felt tired but not sleepy, you know it’s a strange kind of heavy. Your body could rest, but your mind won’t settle, and a nap doesn’t touch it. Often this is emotional exhaustion rather than a sleep problem. It builds after weeks of holding a lot at once: work, family, the logistics nobody sees. That isn’t a personal failing. It’s a reasonable response to a full life. The first small step is naming it with more care than “tired.” Is it flat? Drained? Numb? The more precisely you name it, the easier it becomes to know what might help.
