Post by @sasha.anticipate

Here they are 🔽 ——— Hi, I’m Sasha 👋 Together with a psychiatrist who've seen the damage chronic stress can do, I built Anticipate, a chronic stress and burnout companion. Sync your sleep, activity and journal, and Anticipate will help you: • track your patterns • catch burnout early • build recovery into your days Search “Anticipate” on the App Store 🤍 ——— 1. Needing the whole weekend just to recover from work. Not to enjoy yourself. Just to feel functional enough to start again on Monday. NOT OK. 2. Being exhausted no matter how much you sleep. You wake up tired, drag yourself through the day, then collapse at night. NOT OK. 3. Becoming irritated by absolutely everything. Messages, noise, questions, small requests — things you used to handle suddenly feel unbearable. NOT OK. 4. Having more anxiety or panic attacks when stress builds up. Your heart races, you feel dizzy, shaky or short of breath, you hands feel funny, and your body seems to go into alarm mode much more easily. NOT OK. 5. Cancelling plans because you have nothing left. You still manage work, but friends, exercise, hobbies and basic life admin slowly disappear. NOT OK. 6. Constant headaches, stomach problems or muscle tension. You start treating them as random annoyances instead of noticing how often they appear during stressful periods. NOT OK. 7. Feeling like you need to “push through” every single day. Coffee, adrenaline and willpower are carrying you through a life your body is increasingly struggling to keep up with. NOT OK. The scary part is how quickly all of this can start feeling normal. You tell yourself you’re busy, tired, getting older (ha!), having a difficult month. Then one difficult month becomes a year. 🫠 “IT’S ME. WHAT DO I DO?” Recognise that living like this isn’t healthy. Don’t try to push harder or do more. Do the opposite. Start making more space for sleep, self-care and recovery in your schedule. Prioritise it. Protect it ruthlessly. I’m creating Anticipate for exactly this. It connects your data and journal, shows you what keeps you stuck in stress, and helps you find realistic space to recover around the life you actually have. Search “Anticipate” on the App Store. 🤍 #burnout #burnoutprevention #mentalhealthmatters #MentalHealth #takecareofyou