25 - Why You're Always Exhausted (And Rest Doesn't Help)

Get my nervous system sensitization course Take the nervous system sensitization quiz Your exhaustion isn't laziness—it's your nervous system running survival operations 24/7. In this video, I explain the two hidden energy drains keeping you depleted and why the beginning of healing feels the hardest (even though it gets easier). For years, I believed I was just a low-energy person. I needed 2-3 hour naps every day and could barely make it to dinner without collapsing. I thought something was fundamentally wrong with me. But the real problem wasn't my energy—it was where that energy was going.

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25 - Why You're Always Exhausted (And Rest Doesn't Help)

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