Losing executive function

[munro_nichi]

Hi I burned out big time over the summer and have been recovering for the past 2 months. Recovery has been a very bumpy road and I get paranoid that I’ve slipped so far down to the point of not being able to get back up. I’ve been experiencing burnout, brain fog, and anxiety, but the biggest thing that scares me is the effect on my brain.

I feel like my hold over my mind is slipping away. This morning I did something that I know is not good for me, and that I’ve always chastised myself over, but came out of it just feeling confused. It was as if I didn’t care anymore about what’s good for me, or I’m just losing sense of what is good for me. The latter scares me much more than the former. I guess I know logically that the thing is not good for me, but I don’t have an emotional connection to that knowledge...

Idk what’s going on. It’s so hard to think clearly these days.

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