My friend Nikole introduced me to the term twired (tired + wired) one day, and I realized that I'd been searching for that word my entire life. As a person diagnosed with generalized anxiety disorder, I often find myself in a state of twired-ness.
It's that feeling—perhaps you know it—of going through something particularly joyous or maybe even deathly hard, and you are simply unable to regulate, incapable of settling into a calm presence. Everything feels outside of my window of tolerance.
At times like this, I'm usually physically exhausted, and my body cries out for rest, but my brain is still on high alert or even overload. There is a fight between my body and my mind, and neither is willing to concede.
I haven't found the perfect treatment for being twired yet, but drinking a lot of water, going for a walk, and listening to violin music are a few things that help me regulate. How do you recover from being twired?
Being tired and wired at the same time can be confusing. Tread back toward yourself gently.