Why spring feels harder than it looks

Think of this way: if a river has been frozen all winter and suddenly the ice breaks, the water doesn’t flow gently at first. It surges. That surge can show up as irritability, headaches, tight shoulders, disrupted sleep, or a low-grade emotional intensity that doesn’t quite have a name. It can also feel like a sudden restlessness — a drive to change everything at once, without knowing where to start.