Strategies to deal with emotional fatigue

By applying the right strategies,  emotional fatigue  will soon become a memory in your life.

Restructure your responsibilities

Problems are not solved when we complain about them, on the contrary, complaining is a sound form of rumination, which makes us sink deeper and deeper into setbacks.

The solution therefore lies in restructuring responsibilities. If what we have done so far has not worked, we have only been losing energy and increasing our  emotional exhaustion . It is therefore necessary to re-evaluate the scope of the problem and what responsibilities we should assume to solve it.

Establish a routine

You’re probably tired of hearing that the most liberating thing you can do is break away from routine. And that’s a truth that works very well, but not for those who suffer from  emotional exhaustion . To break away from routine, it’s necessary not to have an excess of worries to deal with since this break with our daily habits could become another obstacle.

When your mind feels overwhelmed and tired, what it needs is to be freed from the burden of having to think and make decisions all the time. Therefore, establishing a routine will take this responsibility off your shoulders, since the decisions will be made in advance.

Plan your week, including your daily menu and even your leisure and recreation time, one day a week. This way, you will know what to expect and how to handle yourself during the next seven days ahead.

Did you know that mindfulness therapy is already available in Uruguay and that you can benefit from it with our specialized therapists? Mindfulness is an ideal discipline to prevent  emotional fatigue  from taking over you.

Redesign your diet

Our diet is closely related to our mood. While some foods serve as short-term stimulants, such as chocolate, coffee, and ginseng, others provide us with the nutrients we need to relieve stress and develop a constant source of energy. Among the latter are matcha powder, sweet potatoes, eggs, and seafood.

The key is to be consistent in your consumption, so creativity is more than welcome when it comes time to plan the menu. This way, you won’t get bored from always having to eat the same thing, but your palate will experience a real party while your mind is getting rid of  emotional fatigue .

Get started on the path of art

Art, in all its expressions, not only pursues an aesthetic objective or a call to reflection, but is also a very useful tool when it comes to finding oneself and releasing the tensions that have been holding back our emotions for so long.

For this reason, psychotherapists increasingly recommend that their patients practice artistic activities, regardless of the external results they achieve, because what is sought through these practices is relief from  emotional fatigue  .

Some of the artistic proposals from which you can obtain great benefits are:

• · Dramatic art
• · Play a musical instrument
• · Therapeutic narrative
• · Drawing
• · Paint 
• · Sculpture

SetNarrativend space for yourself

No matter how hard you try to overcome  emotions.ional exhaustion , if you don’t dedicate a few minutes a day just for yourself and to do what you like, and even to let your mind rest away from the demands of family and work, your chances of success in this regard will be decimated.

Choose a place in your home where you feel happy and where you feel your energies are recharged. Then set a schedule to spend time there, whether it’s needlepoint, reading, meditating, or watching an episode of a series that’s just yours.

And while negotiating is one of the pieces of advice you will always receive from psychology, in this case the recommendation is to be very inflexible, about it, since personal well-being is not negotiable.