{"id":57,"date":"2025-10-27T14:12:55","date_gmt":"2025-10-27T11:12:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/feelit.ee\/home\/creating-safe-spaces-for-mental-health-support\/"},"modified":"2025-10-28T07:49:59","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T04:49:59","slug":"three-days-to-stop-running","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/feelit.ee\/home\/three-days-to-stop-running\/","title":{"rendered":"Even on holiday, my mind needed three days to stop \u2018running\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><br>Three full days (and one workout!) just to switch out of \u2018go-go-go\u2019 mode. I lost half of the holiday before I could even start resting.\u00a0\ud83d\ude22<br><br>This experience made me reflect: does a Mon-Fri work schedule ever facilitate a necessary reset for the nervous system to turn off the \u2018fight or flight\u2019?<br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"858\" src=\"https:\/\/feelit.ee\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/wind_down-1024x858.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-209\" srcset=\"https:\/\/feelit.ee\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/wind_down-1024x858.png 1024w, https:\/\/feelit.ee\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/wind_down-300x251.png 300w, https:\/\/feelit.ee\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/wind_down-768x644.png 768w, https:\/\/feelit.ee\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/wind_down-1536x1288.png 1536w, https:\/\/feelit.ee\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/wind_down-2048x1717.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Being a productive achiever feels good in the moment. I am managing to do it all and have it all covered. The limitation (or a superpower, depending on the angle) of the human body is that such a state can\u2019t be held constantly. When a wind down is not prioritised consciously, the body \u2018organizes\u2019 it through physical exhaustion, illnesses, and burnout. The bodily sensations highlight the imbalance in \u2018tension-relaxation\u2019 modes.<br><br>Now I\u2019m inviting you to reflect.<br><br>\ud83d\udc3f\ufe0f Are you skilled at sensing your \u201csquirrel-in-the-wheel\u201d mode, and a present relaxed one?<br>\u23f0 Do you know how long you need to achieve a relaxed state?<br>\u270d Do you have your own recipe to wind down?<br><br>I\u2019d love to hear back. Is it just me who loses the first three days of a holiday?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three full days (and one workout!) just to switch out of \u2018go-go-go\u2019 mode. 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