Perhaps the encouragement you need to hear is not:
“You can do it!”
but:
“You’ve done the best you can”.
Sometimes it’s okay not to hang in there, or to keep trying, or to give more of yourself.
You are not a roly-poly toy; you are a person. You are allowed to rest and recharge for a while, so that you have the energy to get up again when you are ready. There is no point burning out by running on fumes.
It’s okay to suffer, to be tired and to feel down.
It’s okay to be human.
