Here is the uncomfortable truth: You are actually too good at managing stress. Because you identify as a "warrior" or a "fixer," you have slowly adjusted your internal baseline to a destructive level of fatigue and mental noise.

You’ve become a master at ignoring the check-engine lights of your soul:

• You live with a "tolerable" amount of physical tension or back pain.

• You manage a "gradually increasing" level of low-grade anxiety as if it’s just part of the job description.

• You’ve forgotten what a genuine, deep, belly-laugh feels like because you’re always "operating at max capacity."