Feeling constantly tired doesn’t always mean you’re depressed; sometimes it’s just sensory overload.
Many people mistake being overstimulated for being depressed, but the two are not the same. My mind always felt completely full. Every morning when I woke up I was already feeling tired.. When I went to sleep at night my mind was still racing with thoughts. I wanted to study. I just could not focus on the things I was reading. I would read the page over and over again and still not understand what it was saying.
Even when we seem fine on the outside, the world’s chaos can make us feel a little depressed. This made me wonder if I was really serious, about my life and the things I wanted to do. I started to think about my life. I felt bad because I thought that maybe I was not doing the things I should be doing. My life and what I wanted to achieve with my life was something that I was thinking about a lot.
These thoughts of mine started to bother me more. Most of the time I felt down. Nothing seemed fun to me anymore. I felt confused and lost like I did not know what to do. When I was on media I saw a lot of posts, about mental health and people being stressed and depressed. Many people were talking about their stories. Seeing these posts over and again made me think that I was depressed too. I thought that this was why mental health was affecting me much why I felt tired and distracted all the time why my mental health was not good.
“Almost everything in life is easier when you stop overthinking and start living.”
I was trying to make myself better. I spent a lot of time watching videos on YouTube that were supposed to motivate me. I also looked at pages about self improvement on the internet. These pages told me that I should get up early in the morning work hard and always try to be positive. So I tried to do all of these things. I made myself study for periods of time. I tried to get more work done.. It did not make any difference. I actually felt like I was under a lot of pressure.
I felt like I was not doing well even though I was trying my best. This made me feel really tired and sad. I was feeling upset, about self improvement. The fact that it was not working for me.
One day I decided to take a look at what I do every day. I wanted to figure out what my problem was. The first thing I noticed was that soon as I woke up I would check my phone. I would look at my messages and notifications. Scroll through social media. My phone was a part of my daily routine.
I used my phone all the time. When I was eating I would watch videos on my phone. When I was studying I would listen to music on my phone. Whenever I had some time I would check social media on my phone. At night before I went to sleep I would be on my phone. I was always, on my phone. My day was full of screens and noise.
I figured something out that really matters. My mind is always on the go. Even when I am not hitting the books or doing my job my brain is still working. It is always taking in stuff. There is never any time, in my life. When things get really quiet I feel weird. I get bored. I feel like I need to do something. I want to pick up my phone and start scrolling. This tells me that my mind is used to having something going on. My mind is tired. I did not get that until now. I mean my mind is really tired. I just did not understand it before.
Social media had an impact on me. I was always looking at what other people were doing and comparing my life to theirs. The people I saw online seemed happy and successful. They posted about all the things that were happening to them and shared perfect pictures. When I saw all of this I thought my life was not very exciting. I felt like I was not doing things fast and that I was behind everyone else.
Even though I knew that what I saw on media was not what real life is like it still made me think certain things. Social media made me compare my life to peoples lives and this made my mind feel stressed and tired. Seeing all the great things that other people were doing on media made me feel bad, about my own life. Social media comparison was really affecting me. Making my life more difficult.
I was thinking about everything. I figured something out. I do not think I was really depressed. I think I was just dealing with much stuff at the same time. My brain was exhausted from using my phone much seeing too much content and comparing myself to others too much. When you are overstimulated your brain does not get to rest. It is always working. Our brains are not supposed to handle this kind of life.. Nowadays we are surrounded by noise and screens all the time.
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I made a small changes to my daily routine. I did not completely stop using my phone. I just used it a little less. I stopped checking my phone soon as I woke up in the morning. I also made it a point to avoid using my phone before I went to sleep at night. I started eating my meals without watching any videos on my phone. I tried to study without any noise or distraction. At first it was really boring. I felt very uncomfortable.
My phone was something my mind was used to. It wanted that stimulation all the time.. After a while my mind started to feel more calm and peaceful. I was able to focus on things. I felt less stressed and anxious. That was a big change, for me. I understood that many students are not weak or lazy. They are just tired from too much noise. Sometimes, we do not need more motivation. We just need less distraction and more peace.
“The mind is like water. When it’s turbulent, it’s difficult to see. When it’s calm, everything becomes clear.”
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