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Jumpstart Anxiety

arfie
arfie

My sinus infection seems to be loosening its grip. I think. I hope. Prayers in progress. My sinus infections have a herstory -all the way back to childhood- of lingering for a looong, ass-whooping time, messing with my ears and teeth in the malingering. I have learned the hard way to treat sinus infections more carefully than I do my other physical illnesses and injuries. Prevention is the best cure, but every so often a sinus infection, like this one, sneaks through and. . . Ow. Recovery gets tedious.


This morning finds me awash in a high tide of anxiety waves. The attacks seem to be coming with they rhythmic persistance of an ocean tide. I find myself wondering if the anxiety is a by-product of my physical system attempting to jumpstart itself after the 2+ weeks of little to no activity.


Dunno if that makes sense, or not. Thoughts, etc., welcome. Silent bewilderment understandable. Not sure it makes sense to me, either.

Gladdmatt
Gladdmatt
I tend to get bronchitus when I do not give myself enough relief from stress. I hope you feel better soon; it sounds like you know a lot about the things that trigger off an infection. The holidays are high stress for many people. Now that they are (almost) over I hope you feel better and have activities that lessen your stress. Congrats on surviving the holidays again, and God bless.
silverlight
silverlight
i know being sick leaves me feeling extra vulnerable,and from such a place there is an open door for all kinds of emotions to come through....

Dear Arfie,hope you soon feel better physically and emotionally.....please take extra gentle care.
Bit47
Bit47
Happy New Year Arf! I was thinking of you while posting to Patti's thread, wondering how you were feeling and if you'd kicked that infection's butt yet. Aren't there any miracle natural cures that could help; garlic, oregano, something like that? I just ordered a ton of spices and herbs to try and beat this pain I'm in (well, the cocoa was because I love chocolate ☺). I just need to be consistent with using it. I sure hope you get to feeling better soon, ...with everything. ♥
arfie
arfie
Holding steady so far today. I am finally making headway on getting the distillation/grow room packed for transport to the survey site about 190 miles northwest of here. Next I pack the studio. On those particular moves, there is more glass, equipment and paper than furniture involved. The packing is the critical part.

Still chewing cleaver weed -like I do every year when it comes in around this time- and moving slow and easy. Still saluting all nag flags. I solidly believe over-confidence is my worst enemy with a sinus infection. Those declarations of "Cured" knock me on my ass every time.
Community Leadermujicaptsd
mujicaptsd
Happy New Year, arf. I think maybe it could be what you say--your body trying to jump start itself after these 2 weeks you've been down. I only had 4 days of being down and it made me crazy. Sinus headaches double down on a PTSD brain, I've found.

Healing vibes to you today, my friend.
Spiral
Spiral
Sorry to hear about the sinus infection, they are the worst!! Glad to hear it is starting to break up. Boy there are at lot of people with really bad colds right now. I am just getting over the flu myself.

Anxiety is no fun and it comes in waves for me too. Does listening to calming music help for you? What about a distraction of some kind, such as watching a funny movie? Perhaps it is the cold medication that is causing the anxiety?

I hope you feel better soon, hugs
Pag.mars
Pag.mars
Man, if it helps I think everybody is sick right now. It's incredibly stressing to be sick. Sometimes our emotional health affects our physical health too, you know?
Could be that things getting chaotic bring you anxiety. Healing hugs.
lilmissy7
lilmissy7
I hope you start to feel better soon. My anxiety & health issues always do a crazy dance, I understand.

Sending you a hug :)
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