The Emotional Toll of Masks & Masking on Mental Wellness | Praise Podcast

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00:00:00 --> 00:00:03 Masks, mental load, and masking, oh my!

00:00:04 --> 00:00:09 Emotional exhaustion and a new tool in the fight, so tune in.

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00:00:13 --> 00:00:15 and welcome to Momo 634,

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00:00:44 --> 00:00:48 In a number of recent episodes, I've mentioned masking and mental load.

00:00:49 --> 00:00:53 Masking is stuffing down all the mental health symptoms to fit

00:00:54 --> 00:00:56 in or avoid stigma

00:00:56 --> 00:01:01 or just be able to focus on necessary tasks to avoid worsening

00:01:01 --> 00:01:02 anxiety when they

00:01:02 --> 00:01:04 are delayed or unfinished.

00:01:05 --> 00:01:10 Mental load is the overwhelm produced by masking and the

00:01:10 --> 00:01:12 exhaustion from the

00:01:12 --> 00:01:16 excessive demands made on our brains throughout the day while

00:01:16 --> 00:01:16 masking too.

00:01:18 --> 00:01:21 It's kind of like the CPU on your computer when you have a

00:01:22 --> 00:01:23 bunch of programs and tabs open.

00:01:24 --> 00:01:28 Your computer gets sluggish and slows down sometimes to the

00:01:28 --> 00:01:29 point of crashing.

00:01:31 --> 00:01:33 Since this ain't my first rodeo,

00:01:33 --> 00:01:37 I've reverse-engineered some of the depressive episodes to the

00:01:37 --> 00:01:38 point I can

00:01:38 --> 00:01:42 intervene a number of steps before it hits a crisis point.

00:01:43 --> 00:01:44 So today,

00:01:44 --> 00:01:48 when reading couldn't hold my attention and knitting didn't

00:01:48 --> 00:01:49 even pique my interest,

00:01:50 --> 00:01:51 in fact,

00:01:51 --> 00:01:53 it seemed like too much.

00:01:53 --> 00:01:57 It was like Robot from Lost in Space shouting, Warning!

00:01:57 --> 00:01:58 Warning!

00:01:58 --> 00:02:00 Danger, Will Robinson!

00:02:01 --> 00:02:05 So I'm shutting systems down for the night and pulling out my

00:02:05 --> 00:02:06 latest gadget,

00:02:06 --> 00:02:08 my Bluetooth sleep mask,

00:02:08 --> 00:02:13 so I can put on my binaural beats playlist and try to get in a

00:02:13 --> 00:02:14 full night's sleep

00:02:14 --> 00:02:19 for once without my twin nemeses of insomnia and cognitive loops.

00:02:20 --> 00:02:23 I hope to do a full review of the sleep mask soon.

00:02:24 --> 00:02:25 It's been a blessing,

00:02:25 --> 00:02:28 but I haven't had it long enough for consistent results.

00:02:30 --> 00:02:32 I've also been reading about cognitive loops,

00:02:33 --> 00:02:35 so I hope to talk to you more about them soon,

00:02:35 --> 00:02:36 what they are,

00:02:36 --> 00:02:37 and more importantly,

00:02:38 --> 00:02:38 how to get rid of them.

00:02:39 --> 00:02:42 But first, my sleep mask is calling.

00:02:43 --> 00:02:45 No momoism today,

00:02:45 --> 00:02:49 just the verse I hope to use to keep those loops at bay.

00:02:50 --> 00:02:53 When you lie down, you will not be afraid.

00:02:54 --> 00:02:57 When you rest, your sleep will be sweet.

00:02:58 --> 00:02:58 Proverbs 3.24

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