The Burden of Consciousness: The Exhaustion of Being Self-Aware

If you can name the pattern in real time—"I’m projecting, I’m shutting down, this is my attachment stuff"—and still feel unable to stop the behavior, this episode is for you. Vanessa explores the burden of consciousness: the exhaustion of being aware when insight has outrun integration, and the nervous system hasn’t caught up to what the mind can explain. We unpack why the observer can become its…