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This reminds me of the time I was complaining to my therapist about some "sideeffects" I was getting from my new antidepressant.
I said something along the lines of "It's just kinda weird. It seems to make me tired but not in a sleepy way. It's not like physical exhaustion either. It's like I could lay down but not to really rest. It's hard to describe." My therapist thought for a moment and said the most correct and harsh thing I've ever heard someone say about me. "Are you sure you're not just relaxed?" She was completely right, but man does it feel weird to have to have someone else tell you that the strange foreign feeling that you've been feeling lately is what most people call being relaxed. Like sure, just strip my brain bare right here in your office and slap me with the fact that I didn't even know what being relaxed felt like.