Have you ever lost the ability to relax, the. Somehow regained it ?

[Bluetitnest]

Stressed somehow cause me to lose the ability to relax
for example I used to enjoy laying on the beach or having a soak in the bath etc

went through a long period of high stress and lost the ability to relax
like I couldn’t say in the bath for long I’d be all go hidey and want to get out after a few mins etc
say 3 mins !

my stress levels are coming down and im
working on that

but if you’ve ever somehow lost the ability to relax how did you regain it

Hopefully bump

I want my old
lazy self back

Divorce. Therapy.

I've never been able to relax...

I'm the same @Bluetitnest . I can't say why but I seem to always be on edge, and there's an inner tension. Everything I 'have' to do becomes almost impossible, even just taking a shower. It's like I see a mountain not a gradually inclining hill.

If I go out and do something I'm ok, but that in itself is a struggle.

I am a lot better if the sun is shining and if I have spoken to someone, even if it's just when buying a pint of milk or something.

I feel like “relaxing” is put into a very constricted box on MN. I used to joke that “I can’t read by relaxing” but what I mean is that for me, a long slow run with a friend or going to the gym and doing some weights while listening to a podcast are genuinely relaxing. I also subscribe to “busy hands, quiet mind” philosophy so I find stuff like digging over beds and cutting hedges relaxing, but sitting in the bath or lying on a beach make me kind of twitchy as I find it hard to shut out my to do list or niggling worries.

Ffs - I can’t relax by relaxing.

I find it almost impossible to lie on a beach doing nothing

Reading, but it needs to be a page turner

Running or any exercise is good - even if you hate it , it'll take your mind off other things.

Anything where you are busy will help. I quite like snipping things in the garden.