What is the feeling of being stuck? Because I think stuck feels like a state to me. But when I think about this, because part of what you just described also, you've got all the things or maybe you don't have all the things. And is there a spectrum of underlying emotion that would, you know, like from melancholy to depression to anxiety to what's the feeling underlying the state of being stuck or the set of feelings that we might look for?

And I love that you named stuckness as a state because it is. It's not a trait. It's like I'm lazy. I'm unmotivated. That's not a thing. Stuckness is a physiological state of shutdown. And this is where all the really good brain research that's been coming out over the last 20 years is really helpful. If you know that your brain has a gas pedal, a brake pedal, and also an emergency brake, and if that emergency brake is engaged, you're not going anywhere. But if you don't know that, you're just going to think the problem is you. So stuckness can be this psychological construct of, I think I'm stuck. It could be an emotional, I feel stuck, but it's also physiological. And that's the fight, flight freeze thing that most people are familiar with now. The freeze response in your brain is a physical state of stuckness that you can't think your way out of or affirm your way out of or journal your way out of. A physical problem requires a physical solution.