Restless Rest: Emotional Exhaustion and How to Begin Resting When Rest Feels Unsafe
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Restless Rest: Emotional Exhaustion and How to Begin Resting When Rest Feels Unsafe
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When your body begs for rest, but rest feels like danger — that’s emotional exhaustion.
In this episode of Numbness Paralysis – The PTSD Podcast, host Olga Costa explores why calm can feel suspicious for those living with Complex PTSD, emotional numbness, or long-term hypervigilance. Through listener stories, poetic metaphors, and trauma-informed science, Olga gently unpacks why stillness can trigger old alarms and how to slowly reintroduce the body to safety.
We talk about micro-resting, softening the edges of rest, and creating safe spaces where relaxation is possible. You’ll also hear “The Bird That Forgot to Land” — a metaphor for a nervous system that has flown too long without trust in the ground.
This episode is an invitation to stop fighting your exhaustion, to release the guilt, and to begin treating rest as a birthright — not a betrayal.
Because rest isn’t weakness. Rest is repair. New episodes every Friday at 3:00 PM