in case no one’s told you yet, you feel exhausted and hungover and sometimes even sick after panic attacks/meltdowns/flashbacks/dissociative episodes/etc. because of very real chemical processes that are involved in your nervous system activation and de-activation during those times. it’s chemical dump effects, and no, you SHOULDN’T be able to just brush it off and feel and act normal. you’ve got a bunch of physical things that got activated and that all has to wind down. It’s not in your head, it’s very physical, and you need to work WITH your body during the after-periods instead of trying to curb stomp it. be gentle to yourself, okay?
Ohh
That, that actually explains a lot,,
so- That’s why I get really tired and just wanna sleep after arguments and panic attacks? Damn
yes, that’s EXACTLY why. when you get nudged into fight/flight/freeze/fawn modes, that involves very real hormones and very real physics changes all directed by your nervous system to prepare you to survive some sort of danger, and it takes time to get back to equilibrium after that!
