The slow burn toward physical and mental exhaustion is, simply put, terrible. It certainly gets to be a bit much when life’s biggest challenges come at you from different angles. And it’s especially deflating when they bombard you all at once.
I can certainly relate to that feeling — the constant stresses that come with maintaining a roof over my head, getting sucked into familial issues, feeling overwhelmed with repeated financial requests from familiar faces and stubbing my toe against the metal part of my bed drive me mad.