Nasima L. Reyes Counseling Services

11/12/2025

⁉️Have you ever encountered someone who tries to impose guilt and shame on you for NEEDING REST⁉️

We come from a generation that was taught to push through, to sacrifice sleep, to say “yes” even when our bodies whispered “no,” and to wear burnout like a badge of honour.

So now, when we choose rest…
When we choose to protect our peace…
When we set boundaries…
When we refuse to over-extend ourselves ….suddenly we’re judged, labelled, or even crucified for it.

Let me say this clearly: Rest is not laziness. Boundaries are not disrespect. Protecting your mental health is not selfish.

* What is unhealthy is a culture that applauds exhaustion but criticizes restoration.

* A culture that says “be strong” but gets uncomfortable when someone actually chooses self-preservation.

* A culture that romanticizes overworking but shames slowing down.

As a psychologist, I experience how the lack of rest, constant people-pleasing, and chronic overextension break individuals from the inside out. I also see the healing power that comes when individuals finally choose rest without apology.

To anyone reclaiming their energy, their time, and their peace:
I’m proud of you.
Keep honouring your limits.
Keep choosing you.
Even if others don’t understand it yet.

Your rest is sacred.
Your boundaries are valid.
Your wellbeing is worth protecting.

♥️Take care of you.

08/12/2025

🧠Are you babysitting other people’s emotions?

In my clinical practice, I see this pattern often …people exhausted, overwhelmed, and silently resentful because they’ve become the “emotional babysitter” in their relationships.

And let’s be honest…
Babysitting someone’s emotions is NOT compassion.
It’s self-abandonment dressed up as responsibility.

When you constantly manage how others feel; walking on eggshells, overexplaining, apologizing for ‘offenses’ that aren’t yours, rescuing adults from their own reactions, you teach your nervous system one thing:

“Everyone else’s comfort matters more than mine.”

That is unhealthy.

Because:
*You become hyper-vigilant, always anticipating someone’s upset.

*You lose touch with your own needs.

*You carry emotional loads that were never yours to begin with.

*You create relationships where your peace is negotiable but theirs is sacred.

Here’s the truth I remind my clients (and sometimes myself):

You are not responsible for managing an adult’s feelings.

You are responsible for managing your boundaries.

Healthy relationships allow space for honesty, discomfort, and accountability.
They don’t require you to shrink, cushion the truth, or hold yourself hostage to someone else’s emotional maturity.

If you’ve been babysitting people’s emotions, here’s your permission slip to put that job down:

❌ You don’t have to protect people from their own reactions.
❌ You don’t have to regulate someone who refuses to regulate themselves.
❌ You don’t have to sacrifice your peace to keep someone else calm.

You deserve relationships where your boundaries aren’t seen as threats,
your “no” is respected,
and your emotional labor isn’t the default.

Let adults be adults.
Let people feel what they feel.
And let yourself step out of the role you were never meant to play.

Your mental health will thank you. ♥️

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