Emotional Exhaustion is a lot of times a side-effect of physical exhaustion but is a lot different. While physical exhaustion is like an out of body experience emotional exhaustion is an out of mind experience. Now you might be saying "no duh!" but let me explain what I mean by that. I usally don't know that I was emotionally exhausted until the day after or until I get a good solid chunk of alone time (which I enjoy very much). The reason for that being is that in the moment I don't really know if I am emotionally worn out. I think that my mind is working fine. But in reality, I am off the wall. I do and say things that I normally would not, I make decisions that I normally wouldn't make, even my speech and how I articulate things is completely different. I'm letting my emotions control me.
Now I'm not saying that one should be logical about every situation (because I surely am not) but to let one's emotions take control of them that much is not good and affects our lives negatively.
The truth is that we control how we feel. You can choose whether or not to be pissed at the world because you hit 23 red lights in a row, or because your coworker blamed you for their mistake. Instead of choosing anger or sadness one can choose JOY! Why? Because we always have something to be joyful about.
Psalms 94:19
When anxiety was great within me, your consolation brought me joy.
I freaking love that verse. Whenever I am feeling stress or anger or sadness, I think of that verse and it reminds me to talk to God. This usually means going somewhere by myself and my bible and praying. After that I feel emotionally relieved.
Now I don't think that repressing ones emotions is a good thing either. We're always going to have times when we are just plain mad at something, or upset about something. God doesn't want us to just let that bottle up and eventually explode. He wants us to confront those feelings and bring them to Him.
Emotionally Exhausted? Talk to JC. Emotional Relief. Hallelujah.
