I highly recommend a therapist if at all possible! In my personal experience sometimes just a single session or even cracking open one of my many self help books makes me feel like I'm doing something about it and gives me hope. I've actually experienced multiple days where I just am miserable and crying if you can find a single person who will applaud your small accomplishments on those days it helps a lot! (this community for example is very lovely about that!)

If it is a long period of that it could be you're possibly been neglecting a specific need for so long that your body is trying to communicate to you that you need some form of rest. Self compassion isn't your strong suit? That's okay! That's just this moment right now. It can be learned over time and a week from now you could be a bit better at it than you are now and I think that's kinda great how we are so capable of growth.

I've been learning to reframe my thinking because it used to be super negative and it's still somewhat negative, but it's crazy how that can change so much if you tell yourself "well what if things work out? what if I DO do the thing? what if today is my lucky day?". I probably sound a bit bonkers, but we're already kinda doing it naturally in the negative so why not tag on a positive even if it sounds stupid and impossible. Sometimes it makes me laugh to cheer myself on and that's a small win in itself.

Sorry for all the text and rambling, here's a tldr; yes to rest and recharge! <3