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It boils down to checking in with yourself.
Where is the pain? What does it feel like? Is it emotional? Or physical? 
If it’s emotional, you need to rest to heal from that too!
Emotions are hard on the body. 
Set a timeline of how long you’ll be a hermit, then prevent getting stuck there by putting yourself in new / possibly fun situations.
Don’t know why you’re upset? It could be an underlying health issue. 
I grew up confused about emotions - at times, I’d cry (read: sob. for a long time.) and not know why. In hindsight, that was allergy induced.
It can even be BOTH physical and emotional pain, and that’s understandable too. 
Be patient with, and check in on yourself as you explore your limits of what triggers pain and how much you can take of what stimuli. 
At the end of the day, pain is still a response to something you need to heal from. 
You’ll still be hurting, you’ll still feel tired. 
But as your biggest and best advocate, knowing the source of your pain sets you up for success in healing.
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Our brains often confuse emotional pain for physical pain and vice versa, so the knee jerk response is usually to send signals to tell your body to rest. I like to remind myself of this when I'm feeling particularly down. >

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