You feel lost in life.

Every day is starting to feel like part of a routine.

You’ve lost sight of your personal goals and ambitions, and this new routine just seems to be pulling you farther away from them.

At this point, you’re not sure what your life is about anymore.

Your confidence is at an all-time low.

When you do things that aren’t goal oriented, or that don’t turn out the way you’d expected, you immediately see yourself as a failure.

This can trigger a barrage of thoughts about yourself that make you feel awful. Things like “see, you can’t do anything right,” or “why even try, you always mess things up” to be followed by “you should try more.” You can’t win.

And even though you know that these mean thoughts about yourself aren’t true, somehow, they still FEEL true.

You've lost a sense of meaning.

It’s like you’re living just a bit detached from the reality of your life. You used to enjoy things, to feel really present in in the moment with certain people or activities, but lately, you’re just not really there. Not completely.

Your mind is working overtime, leaving you exhausted.

It’s as though you have multiple mental browser tabs open all the time, and nothing ever feels finished. And somehow, all of it feels incredibly important.

You’ve been led to believe that you must perform at 110% to be respected, loved and appreciated. So when you are tapped out, unable to give any more than you already have, you exhaust yourself to do more, or face the judgements of your inner critic.

With that cruel voice inside pushing you to do more and be more, you can’t rest. If you do, you’ll be tormented by the thought that you’re not enough.

You feel yourself sinking into increasingly negative feelings.

Guilt, overwhelm, despair, maybe even shame, eat you up inside. It just feels really bad inside a lot of the time. Your stomach is in knots, your energy is low, and you’re beating yourself up for not being good enough.