When Coping Breaks
Recognizing the internal shift where effort no longer restores balance.
There is a point where exhaustion changes how everything feels.
Patience thins, clarity dulls, and small disruptions feel overwhelming.
Coping can continue for a while even without good sleep.
Eventually, the effort required to keep functioning exceeds what rest can replace.
This page names the moment when exhaustion overrides control.
At this stage, reactions feel sharper and harder to regulate.
Emotional responses arrive faster than reflection.
Attention narrows.
Tasks that once felt routine require more effort, and recovery feels incomplete.
This page does not define a threshold or outcome.
It does not say what should happen next.
Its role is recognition only.
To name the internal shift where ongoing sleep loss begins to overrun patience, clarity, and self-control.