I was told by someone today that s/he was "beat". Of course in my own mind this led me to think about difference between beat and beaten.
Two little letters that convey such a different experience.
Being beat means generally, I think, that we have had a good day that has led us to want sleep and be ready for renewal for the next day.
Not so with beaten. It is a feeling familiar to anyone who is discouraged, not to mention chronic depressive.
For us it means that something has knocked us down so hard that it is going to take an act of congress for us to start climbing back up again.
Beat is tired. Beaten is flat out laying on the ground trying not to dig into the ground any deeper.
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