I think a lot of our feeling down is the aftermath of our fight or flight response to the battle, even years later. Since I've had this recent SVT fast heart rate happening I bought a color doctor wrist blood pressure machine which also checks my heart rate. A few times like for instance yesterday when a Telstra rep rang and we had to go through signing up for NBN, something new and me with a Tamoxifen brain of a 15yr old I got very anxious and felt rather sick during the call. Afterwards I checked my blood pressure (usually its very low) and it was through the roof in the triple red section. So yes we are at a heightened sense nowadays and the flip side of that anxiety effort is a worn out feeling down. As long as we can meditate and exercise we'll get through it but denying it could be dangerous. We are survivors together. <3