A Self-Care Prescription for When We Wake Up With an Emotional Hangover
Anyone else wake up with an emotional hangover this morning?
And maybe a weird pain in your left eye that you can’t quite figure out?
I felt like I was in a fog for the second half of the day yesterday — my morning’s work woes quickly forgotten in their irrelevance and sudden unimportance in light of what was going on in our country.
I longed for real human connection yesterday. An epically long hug would have been perfect, but we’re still living in the middle of a pandemic so that was not an option.
A few friends checked in by text or phone, but my empath heart was feeling our country’s events oh-so-deeply and I just wished for someone to really talk about it with. At length, and with more earnestness than the social media posts we were all sharing.
I didn’t go to sleep as early as I should have, but I did sleep solidly after the emotional exhaustion of the day. This morning, though, I woke up wanting the same thing…deep connection and that impossible-to-get, long-ass hug.
After a few moments of mindfulness lying in bed with my hand on my heart, breathing and meditating, I exhaled and decided extreme self-care would be my focus today.
