Struggling with Chronic Pain and Limitations

I totally feel the same way every day.😥

I've recently started aquatic physical therapy twice a week in a heated salt pool and it seems to be helping little by little. I'm only 3 visits in but I keep hearing "you're way too young to to be so achey". On good days I have trouble remembering that balance is priority over productivity. The guilt of things put on the back burner makes me want to catch up tenfold when I feel remotely able to do anything. Sending hugs, friend.

it's been a very hard journey for me to adjust to my body's limits. i think it's hard for everyone who wants to live their life and be able to do whatever they want. learning to appreciate the small things i can do has helped, and being mindful about how i feel now and how i will feel after i do certain things makes setting limits easier

It’s definitely hard to learn limits.. it seems like mine change and that’s the hardest part.. in the mornings I wake up and I have to use the bathroom, brush my teeth and wash my face but right after I have to lay back down for a while before I can do anything else… I don’t work because of fibromyalgia and it’s still hard to manage being home doing home/basic stuff.. so if you’re working it’s probably ten times harder to manage. 😣

Finding your limits plan ahead if you know you have a big sumthin to do, give it it's own day. I do a lil rest do a lil rest somedays I'm stuck in bed and the rest of the world is just going to have to wait. Somedays all I can manage is getting the shower taken, and that's ok.

I like to read, color and play games on my phone. It seems like I spend most of my days in bed and if I do too much, I pay for it for about a week.

I feel that : ( I was diagnosed with fibromyalgia at 16. All my friends were running around all day and all night and keeping up took a toll. You learn to enjoy the down time you have although I know it isn’t an easy process. Try to find hobbies or things you can do in your relaxing time to still feel productive. You can only get stronger ❤️