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Heavy

Part of the Nervous System States Wheel

What is Heavy?

A physical experience of emotional weight — limbs feel leaden, movement requires enormous effort, gravity wins.

When you might feel heavy

Heavy is a specific form of depressed, which itself is a type of collapsed. You might experience this feeling in situations where collapsed is present, particularly when the circumstances align with the nuances that define heavy.

Emotional Hierarchy

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Related Emotions

Depleted

A bone-deep emptiness — the body's reserves are gone. Not tired from one night; ...

Drained

The feeling of having given everything and having nothing left. The dorsal vagal...

Defeated

A collapsed surrender — the system has stopped fighting because fighting no long...

Despairing

A profound loss of faith in the possibility of change. The nervous system has le...

Isolated

A shutdown from connection — not chosen loneliness but the body's last resort wh...

Invisible

A wish to disappear — to take up no space, make no noise, and exist as little as...

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