Feeling emotional
Hi friends! I’m feeling extra emotional today and wanted to post, maybe looking for support and always suggestions. Today having severe bout of TIRED. I’m always dizzy, more when tired. Yesterday and past week I really pushed myself I think because I was feeling ok and wen I’m feeling ok I want to do extra because I never know if I will keep feeling ok. I’m not sure if I have exacerbated something now my vision is a touch blurry. Maybe when I’m feeling well I need to learn better to pace myself. I’m just sad to know I can’t predict my days and I look ok so no one really understands how tired and worn out I feel. I’m not like everyone else I have no stamina no energy and if I do, which is rare, I dare not use it. Sometimes I wonder ow long I can keep working full time, I need to make it to retirement. Well as u can tell there is much on my mind. I suppose the emotional state I’m in is not unusual. I thank you for listening and welcome any words of wisdom.
@angieh, you're trying to force yourself into a never-ending spiral. Just accept that you've overdone it, put your feet up and rest. Your body is showing a desire for recovery. Yes, we haven't got the staying power that we once had, so we need to acknowledge our limits and work within them. This is very much a balancing act and we know what happens if we fall off. Don't beat yourself up about what happened. Treat it as a learning exercise. Everyone ages and has to adapt. We just have to try a bit harder as we evolve to survive. :wink:
For a while I would overdo on good days, thinking I should keep pushing since I never knew when the bad days would hit. But then I realized I was oh-for-2; both the good days and the bad days ultimately became bad days either way. So what has helped me is to try to savor good days but not to do more on those days, just enjoy the feeling of a little less fatigue and a little less dizziness, then when the bad days hit, just embrace them, too, and do less. Hope this helps.