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Anyone else feel like their simultaneously doing too much and not enough? I do a lot of the house work because I'm housebound but not always bed bound and it feels like I exert myself way too much but there's always way more stuff to do. My partner does his best to reassure me that im doing enough but it seems to only come up when I feel like I needed to be carted off to the hospital because how over worked I made myself, it ends up making me feel like I have to almost die for the little bit of work I can do to matter sometimes. He also still tries to help me physically when I've worn myself out and I feel bad about complaining but I've been struggling to communicate how much it's effecting me to just about anyone it's really hard, especially since I know everyone in my house is trying their best as well and I don't want them to end up feeling the same way. I also end up feeling bad about it because I know part of it is my own issues coping with my decreasing ability and not really on them to help me with it, I just don't know what else to do. Anyone else relate or have advice?
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i wish i had good advice! but i can definitely relate, i feel so useless when i’m stuck in bed over pain. i get big surges of energy and motivation sometimes but when i try to seriously complete the task i almost always over do it and have to rest feeling stuck while my brain moves a mile a minute. it feels really cage-like. i feel almost trapped by my lack of physical capability and then i feel bad when people’s reassurance that it IS enough doesn’t help as much as i would like. i think maybe it’s something that takes acceptance which BLOWS but for now i like trying to take on little victories and making a huge deal out of them and how good i did. i hope this helps. it’s really nice to relate!
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@the39thfrog it does help! I figured it might just take an adjustment and acceptance period but you're right it blows lol. Hopefully it'll get easier for both of us soon
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