Dr. Jameca CooperForensic Psychology Consultant, Emergence Psychological Services · Board Certified Counseling Psychologist and Forensic Psychology Consultant

Why Admitting You're Tired Is the First Step to Real Strength! #restispower #mentalhealthmatters

30 Aug 2025 · 1 min

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In this monologue, Dr. Jameca Cooper shares a personal confession about the deep‑seated belief that admitting fatigue signals weakness and incompetence. She describes the cascade of anxieties that surface when considering a break: worries that work, family duties, child‑care, and household chores will all collapse, leading to an overwhelming sense of chaos—imagining a home turning into a ‘Hoarders’ episode. By articulating these common thoughts, she highlights how internal narratives deter people from resting, setting the stage for a broader discussion on mental‑health stigma and the importance of self‑care.

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Confession: I used to think that if I admitted I was tired, people would see me as weak and incompetent. Nobody wants to be seen as incompetent. Does that sound familiar to you? I also used to think that if I stop and rest or take a break and/or admit that I am tired, then everything around me will crumble. What is everything? Work, family responsibilities, child responsibilities, friends, families. So in other words, if you take a break, every dish in your house is going to be dirty and unable to ever be cleaned. If you take a break and stop cleaning your house, sweeping, mopping, or whatever it is you do, that it's gonna pile up and all of a sudden you're gonna be living like you're in an episode of Hoarders. In a day or so. These are the type of thoughts that go through people's head when they think about, okay, I need to step back and take a break, right? So all of this probably sounds familiar