If you shut down when you’re overwhelmed, it may be your nervous system trying to protect you. Anxiety, trauma, burnout, ADHD, and conflict can all trigger shutdown.

If you feel guilty when you rest, it may not be because rest is wrong. Anxiety, self-criticism, burnout, and productivity pressure can make rest feel undeserved.

Sometimes you are not asking for advice because you do not know what to do. You are asking because you want someone to tell you that wanting what you want does not make you wrong.