The Energetic Walk of Shame: Why You Keep Waking Up Depleted
A Field Guide to Finding All the Places You've Been Giving Yourself Away
Listen up, beautiful disaster. Yes, you. The one who just checked their phone to see if that person texted back. They didn’t. Your gut knew it before you looked. Your nervous system has been trying to tell you for three days, but you’ve been too busy hoping to listen to knowing.
You know that moment at 3am when your hormones become your life coach? When your neurochemistry turns into that drunk friend who says “You know what would be AMAZING right now?” and suddenly you’re googling your ex’s new partner while eating cheese straight from the fridge and crafting a text that starts with “I’m not drunk but...”?
Your heart doesn’t know how to half-open. When your defenses drop, they DROP. And in that undefended state, something in you gives and gives and gives until there’s nothing left but the question: why do I feel so empty when I was so full of feeling?
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This essay grew up and moved out. It lives in Flesh & Frequency: The Feral Science of Your Body’s Built-In Intelligence now.
The full text is in print. A book with a spine, a cover, and a body that holds the whole thing.
