Everything Is Tender: Emotional Fatigue and Holding on to Hope

Being on alert all the time is exhausting, and even when I’m not conscious of it, the anxiety is there.

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When my fellow highly-sensitive, gentle friend posts on Facebook asking how we are all doing, I barely hesitate. Not well, I reply, my mind and body are having trouble adjusting to the…