What happens when the person who always copes, suddenly can't? This post explores the hidden collapse of high-functioning, capable people — why it happens, what it really means, and how it might not be failure at all, but a long-overdue form of wisdom and protection. Understand high functioning burnout.

If you’re ending the year feeling exhausted, flat, or overwhelmed, you’re not alone. Burnout is not about weakness — it’s about survival. This article explores how burnout develops, why rest can feel hard, and how boundaries support healing as we move toward the new year.

For many people, anxiety becomes the dominant emotional experience in adulthood — the racing mind, the tightening chest, the spirals of worry, the fear of getting things wrong. But anxiety is often not the original emotion. Sometimes, it’s a replacement — an emotion that had to take over when something deeper once felt too risky to express. That deeper emotion is often anger.

Have you ever felt like you're watching your life from behind glass? Like you're floating above your body, observing yourself from a distance? Or perhaps you've suddenly "come to" and realised you have no memory of the last ten minutes, the drive home, or how you got where you are?   If so, you've experienced dissociation — and you're far from alone.   In my practice, I see dissociation regularly. It's one of those experiences that people struggle to put into words, partly be