19/04/2026
One thing I’ve noticed over the years, not just in myself but in people I’ve worked with as well, is how easy it is to say “I’m okay” and actually believe it.
You can be getting on with your day, doing what needs to be done, being how people expect you to be, and when someone asks how you are, you answer I'm okay,because on the outside everything looks fine.
But when you actually stop and look at it, there are signs that don’t always get picked up on.
They start to build up, your patience gets shorter, you feel more pressure, your mind feels overloaded, you can’t think straight, nothing major has happened, but your decisions start taking longer, or at least it feels that way, and without realising it, you start slowing yourself down.
It’s not always what people think, it’s not just “stress,” and it definitely doesn’t look like burnout, which is why it gets missed.
It creeps up quietly and starts to affect how you feel and how you respond without it being obvious at first.
You keep going, but not always in the direction that feels right, and usually that’s the point where there’s more going on underneath, than what you can actually see on the surface.
Sometimes it’s not about what’s happening on the outside, it’s about what’s been building underneath.
If this feels familiar, feel free to message me.