Its a real thing, its not just you or not just in your head.
People in mental health have developed terms for those longer terms ups and downs. The long term up, the always walking on eggshells is sometimes called hyper-arousal; too much arousal. The long term downer is sometimes called hypo-arousal; not enough arousal. The two are linked tightly together. Quite often, hyper-arousal starts first and consumes your energy. adrenaline and cortisol rages through your body for long periods of time. Unfortunately though, the body was never designed to have these chemicals pump through your body forever, just short periods of time when you need that extra burst of energy to save yourself or others. So eventually, your body cries ENOUGH, and you crash. These extreme ups and down are also called living outside your window of tolerance. So we've started a page on this to help your understanding of what may be happening for your or your children and your can find it here.
