I get seriously tired... so hard to keep the mask in place at times. All this new... and trying so hard not to start off behind... It all takes energy to do, that takes away reserves for the thinks you want.

I stayed at home today to work on my online class because of the deadlines listed in the syllabus...yikes. First chapter law and how they were set and made via the articles of the constitution. I still have a paper due on reviewing a landmark case on that....
So festival will wait. But all work through Sunday are done on this class and the case is read. Yikes! Not sure if this pace is one I can do once the other two classes start.


Chocolate no-cal cake with me Muji?

If I am away from people for a long time (needing to be around people right now) and then I get overstimulated for too long of a time I get very tired. I would think its like starting a new job, it takes time to adjust to it and get your body back in proper timing.

Yep what she said!

My mom situation has me so people-shy I skipped farmer's market. And am headed back to bed. And want only to sleep sleep sleep.

PTSD sucks, and I know it's just that the effort we put out.... Shoot, I read this in a fantasy novel, about magic, when I was a teen.... Something about "having to keep up magical shields drains magicians and that's why they need more rest and help".... Subsitute "PTSD" for "magic", I guess?

And new situations? Or returns to ones that might be stressful? Yeah.

I'm with Jewells. Chocolate. Even imaginary chocolate. Lots of relaxation breathing to help the body if not the mind take it down a notch.

It's weird, but I can get my body to chill more easily than my mind. Body, with my breathing exercises, can be relaxed. Brain is still full of hamsters on amphetamines. So I then sit down and watch cartoons. If I have the mental energy to grasp Wile E Coyote, then that's what I'll grasp.

Rambling. Tired. Blessings on you, Muji.:-)

Oh, Leo, I really liked it when you wrote "Something about "having to keep up magical shields drains magicians and that's why they need more rest and help".... Subsitute "PTSD" for "magic", I guess?"

I've been concerned about being a failure starting teaching school on Monday feeling like this. Your approach gives me the hope of thinking maybe I'll be magical if I just get my rest. Thank you for that! :-)

Go rest Merlin, Morgana is on duty...where's my dragon?

well being in same age group muj i get much more exhausted than i ever did after emotional stuff nothing wrong with rest and a hearty nap as we age it is harder to expend so much energy without being tired,, do what your body tells you , i am sure you needed the sleep

PTSD jolts both ends of my energy spectrum enough to give high credibility to the Manic-Depression/Bi-polar diagnosis. As I have often said, in my personal case, PTSD is, at the very least, a malady of extremes.

When my computer graphics business officially closed down in 1992, I started work in construction and remodeling. After the horror show of closing down a "white collar" business, I felt relieved to come home wearing the kind of dirt you can wash off and exhaustion which a good rest would fix. I still feel that way. Physical labor doesn't wear me out near as much as human drama and/or politics. I am not at all sure I could survive academic politics.

But, lucky for us, you are not me. . .

Hope you get a good rest and are fit and able come Monday.

I had off last Sunday. I normally work 6 days but I took off Monday to see my therapist. The black cloud came over me late Saturday night and stayed with me until Monday morning. No rhyme, no reason at all. So I cranked up the A/C and napped most of those 2 days. I did a little laundry and a couple of oddball things, but that was it.

The black cloud came, the black cloud left, and the black cloud will be back again whenever it damn well wants to. Now I accept it as one of those things that I will have for the rest of my life, and in doing so it makes it ok. Not wonderful, but ok.

Yes, I get exhausted during times when my PTSD flares up. Even when it's not flaring up but I know I'm struggling a little, I get exhausted pretty fast. I sleep more, and I make sure that I spare enough hours in my day for sleep. I also try and eat more (to avoid losing weight) and control what I eat too. Someone mentioned chocolate and I eat it too when I need a quick pick me up. I also try apples or other hard and crunchy snacks to help with my energy.

Same here. I am exhausted and triggered every single day that I go out the door. I still use a survival tool from my youth: I just don't think about it at all. It doesn't even cross my mind. I am someone else. When I get home I go to the closet or some other hidden place and hide there for several hours; reading a book.

Muji- I get tired after I run "high." I think it's because we are crashing after our adrenaline rush.

People wear me out. PTSD fatigues me and sometimes I get intense stress fatigue and have to lie down for an hour.

RIzen, that's what I did today, and just did it without worrying about it. Thank you.

Deli, yeah, I did run "high" during that day of school meetings in a way I don't usually run as "high" when there's a school routine of classes. At least I try not to. Can't afford the hangovers after those adrenaline spikes. Much luck to you as classes begin--do they begin for you tomorrow like mine do?

Nah- kids come next Monday. We've got tomorrow - Thursday of meetings. It's very triggering for me since I was deemed "needs improvement" two times in three years since converting. I bust my butt to do everything to the best of my ability and all the others are like, "Why do you care???" Just makes me want to scream.