The alarm goes off and you already know.
Before you even open your eyes, you can feel it — that heavy, familiar weight pressing down on your chest, the dull ache behind your eyes, the fog wrapped around your thoughts.
You check the time. You did it “right.” You went to bed earlier. You stayed in bed for seven, maybe eight hours. Technically, you slept.
But as you lie there staring at the ceiling, you don’t feel rested.
You feel like you’re starting the day with your internal battery at 20%… and that’s before emails, before responsibilities, before anyone else needs anything from you.
You drag yourself out of bed, already negotiating with yourself:
“Maybe I’ll feel better after coffee.” “Maybe tonight I’ll catch up.” “Maybe this weekend I’ll finally reset.”
But deep down, there’s another thought you don’t say out loud:
“Why am I waking up this tired? And why does it feel like no amount of sleep actually touches this exhaustion?”
If you wake up feeling drained, foggy, or emotionally heavy — even after what should be “enough” sleep — you are not just bad at resting. Something deeper is happening in your nervous system, subconscious mind, and energy field.
Let’s gently unpack what’s really going on beneath the surface… and what it takes to start waking up feeling actually rested again.