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Post by juniper on Nov 10, 2010 11:14:43 GMT -8
What do you do on days you just can't (get up, move around, whatever)? I'm talking about the ones where there's no way you can miss work or school, not the days you can just go back under the covers.
The weather changed here yesterday, and as far as my knees are concerned, this is a new torture I thought up just for them. They're returning the favor.
Thanks, Jennifer
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Post by riotgirlheather on Nov 10, 2010 16:08:27 GMT -8
With how bad my back has gotten the past couple of years, I have days like that. When I don't feel like I can go about my day because of the pain and I still have to, I just end up suffering through it. I'm not very sure of why I have that methodology. I guess I get it from my dad.
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Post by riotgirlheather on Nov 10, 2010 16:09:24 GMT -8
I just realized that, that is so not helpful. lol. I guess I figure if I have something to take my mind off of it, it's not as bad. I should've said that in the first post, but I hadn't thought of it yet. Loooong day.
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morciel
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Post by morciel on Nov 10, 2010 16:16:15 GMT -8
lol heather. ok, when i get like that i think "i could lay in bed all day and mope and feel terrible, but if i do that, the poodle terrorist win, and we cant have that." then i get up, and regret doing that for the rest of my day.
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Post by Pahz on Nov 13, 2010 4:22:01 GMT -8
I've always been a "tough it out" type. No matter how bad I feel, I drag myself up and out of bed. I might not do much once I'm vertical, but I'm up... and it might take me an hour to get showered and dressed... but I'm up.
Of course, the spouse doesn't see that as "toughing it out". He doesn't realize the physical exhaustion that goes along with the pain.
But I'm up... I'm vertical!
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morciel
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Post by morciel on Nov 13, 2010 7:26:46 GMT -8
Which is so much already, but people without the pain we go through really wouldn't understand that. Which is a shame, because words don't really have the ability to convey that very well.
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Post by winterwhispers on Nov 13, 2010 13:42:53 GMT -8
I take baby steps all day long. Give myself goals to work towards. Okay, get out of bed. Check. Make it down the stairs w/o falling, check. On work days, I hit the ground "running" whether I want to or not... there's a paycheck, though not much, waiting at the end of that tunnel. Or is that a train?.... hmmmm.... I force myself to make it through as long as I can before taking pain killers. Sometimes that's 5 minutes, sometimes that's 5 hours.
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Post by Nico on Nov 23, 2010 22:22:16 GMT -8
Sometimes, I just have to get pissed off enough to make it through a certain activity - whether the problem is fatigue and/or pain. If I get angry enough about being too sick and tired (and let's face it, the world is full of plenty of "well that's not f-ing fair" to get worked up about) the adrenaline helps to push me through.
Often, I can't get on with my day until I've had my belly full of complaining about what I'll have to deal with. That's why I started writing a blog, to make my bitching slightly more palatable for the people still willing to put up with me.
Some days, I just hide chocolate around the house to give me a reason to move around, and a reward for actually doing it.
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morciel
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Post by morciel on Nov 28, 2010 7:26:19 GMT -8
i like writing. and it's better when i'm like that, when i'm all down or pissed off. it's more..real i think. so i keep a pad and pen around me when i'm like that. and when i can gather the energy to move, i write. and it all works itself out, at least for a while.
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Post by Nico on Nov 28, 2010 13:03:38 GMT -8
Yeah, writing with an actual pen makes you more connected to what you're saying, and forces you to slow down in a way that typing doesn't.
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morciel
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Post by morciel on Nov 28, 2010 14:24:33 GMT -8
it also reinforces the memory of the thing in which you are writing if you hand actually makes the words not hits keys and so on.
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Post by juniper on Feb 27, 2011 11:35:02 GMT -8
I just created a few playlists on my iTunes account (and iPod) full of happy upbeat tunes. You know, the ones that you can't help dancing to? Then I do whatever I need to while dancing. It works well.
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Post by littlematchstick on Feb 27, 2011 12:28:35 GMT -8
I just created a few playlists on my iTunes account (and iPod) full of happy upbeat tunes. You know, the ones that you can't help dancing to? Then I do whatever I need to while dancing. It works well. I do this when I have a lot of cleaning to get done. I turn on my mp3 player and try to focus as much as I can on the music and not about how crappy I feel. And I pick music I REALLY enjoy so that I'll get into it..not just background music. I'm also one to set goals for myself. Just small ones, and I'll have little rewards after I finish each one. Ok I did the laundry, time to sit down and watch a favorite show I DVR'd, ok Dishes are done, time for a little pick me up snack. OK I took the dogs out, ok jump online and play some games or get on facebook..etc. Some days no matter what I do though, it just really sucks..and I just grin and bear it as much as I can...which probably isn't that helpful..but I guess sometimes all you can do is ride out the bad days as well as you can and remember that theres gonna be an easier day coming eventually.
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