Part 1: The Hidden Burnout of Overprocessing Without Abiding

You’ve talked about the wound.
You’ve dissected the trauma.
You’ve traced the pattern.
You’ve identified the trigger.
You’ve processed the memory.

And yet… you are still tired.

This is the hidden burnout no one prepares you for —
the exhaustion that comes from insight without intimacy.

Overprocessing happens when you keep visiting the pain without ever surrendering it.
When you analyze what happened, but never release who holds it.
When you can explain your story, but you cannot rest from it.

At ERPAW, we see this often in high-achievers, caregivers, leaders, helpers — people who are excellent at doing the work but poor at receiving rest.

They are not broken.
They are overburdened by self-management.

Because therapy can help you understand the wound…
but abiding is what allows God to carry it.

El Roi — the God who sees — does not just observe your effort.
He invites you into rest.

Not reflection.
Not analysis.
Not another breakthrough session.

Rest.

And many people resist that because rest requires trust.