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# Maybe There Needs to be some Rest for the Wicked.
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- Published: 2026-11-02T21:33:05.000Z
- Updated: 2026-11-02T21:33:05.000Z
- Author: Siah Kofoed
- Tags: Analysis

Rest. 

A word we see, hear, say, and think probably multiple times per day. 

After having nasal surgery on September 17th of this year, this idea has certainly become a focal point of everyday life. Between this and coming up on one year of my gram’s passing, it is not an idea anymore; it is a necessity. What even is rest? We seem to have synonymized it with sleep, yet the idea of healthy sleep differs around the globe based on the idea of a country’s “sleep culture”. Many of us have become the victims of hustle culture maybe; this makes it feel like sleep and rest are impossible. With this massive idea of rest, it feels hard to understand what exactly we need from our rest, so what if we broke it down? 

According to Abramson (2025), there are 7 types of rest that we can break down into... 

- Physical rest – sitting down, taking a nap, taking a bath, and low energy workout.
- Mental rest – taking a brain break, swapping out high-stakes tasks for mindless ones.
- Emotional rest – talking it out with a supportive individual, maybe turning your phone off for a while or saying no to emotionally draining activities.
- Social rest – like emotional rest, setting boundaries on your time and scheduling fewer activities if you need this kind of rest are key.
- Sensory rest – eliminating or reducing things that we encounter with our 5 senses that may be causing distress. Screen time is a big one.
- Creative rest – brains that are constantly creating need rest. Pursue activities that bring the fun back to your creative spirit!
- Spiritual rest – either stepping away or strengthening your bond with faith,
- Reframing rest – sometimes we need to find our own way to think about how we store energy and capacity to deal with tasks. Sometimes we need to reframe from how a task is performed all together.

Breaking down the ideas of rest comes with a lot of self-reflection and introspection of what we need and not what others need from us. Of course this is within reason, we cannot eliminate every single stressor that exists in our lives and there will always be things we need to do or people who need us in different capacities. We also all have different points that each of these areas of our lives starts to crack at. 

The largest hurdle I personally face is that sometimes things seem too big or unattainable to break down. Despite almost a decade in therapy and other related services, I still struggle and still make things too difficult to break into tiny workable pieces. These tools are not something I have mastered in the slightest; I will not sit here and preach to you, humble reader. It is a set of skills and tools that became sharper once I broke them down into smaller pieces and tried to understand them more, which feels like a mountainous feat when we are at a certain level of stress or exhaustion. 

I am not a doctor; I cannot tell you what to do or how to live. I am merely another person who struggles and is trying to help others not feel so alone in this big world. In these times I might tell you to seek support from a trusted individual in your life such as friends, family, medical providers, faith leaders, or anyone that you find is able to listen without judgment. We must give each other grace in these times where rest is needed, so it does not lead to mental burn out or something worse like a mental health crisis. Be kind to yourself; the world is hard enough as it is. 

Abramson, A. (2025, May 6). *Seven types of rest to help restore your body’s energy*. American Psychological Association. Retrieved October 29, 2026, from [https://www.apa.org/topics/mental-health/seven-rest-types](https://www.apa.org/topics/mental-health/seven-rest-types?ref=gonstmedia.com)