emotional exhaustion
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When You Feel Like Too Much (And Not Enough at the Same Time)
If you've ever felt like you're somehow too much and not enough all at once, you're not broken; you're carrying something that was never yours to hold in the first place. This piece gently unpacks where that impossible feeling comes from and why your body has been keeping count long before your mind caught up.
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