17/10/2025
Not all tiredness is the same tiredness.
Let me explain…
There’s physical tiredness, the kind that comes from doing, moving, helping, thinking, juggling. Your body feels heavy, but your mind might still be racing.
And then there’s mental tiredness, when you haven’t necessarily done a lot, yet you feel completely drained. That’s often the result of emotional load: worrying, replaying, over-analysing, carrying unseen burdens.
Both kinds of tiredness are real, but they need different kinds of rest.
Physical tiredness restores with sleep, stillness, and time away from doing.
Mental tiredness restores with calm, by gently rebalancing the nervous system and allowing the mind to process what it’s been holding onto.
That’s where hypnotherapy and EMDR can be so powerful.
They help the brain process stored emotions, ease the constant “alert” state, and create a sense of deep inner rest that ordinary relaxation can’t always reach.
So if you’re feeling tired, ask yourself, is it my body, or my mind, that needs the rest today?
With warmth,
Jo 💙