“When I say I’m tired I mean I can’t keep smiling and acting as if nothing was happening. I can’t think straight enough to know my own name, let alone what I should be doing right now!”ġ2. I’m in so much pain I want to cry, but it isn’t socially acceptable to do that. “I want, no need, to collapse right here. Tiredness is something everyone can comprehend on some level.” Advertisementġ1. It’s easier than trying to explain something ‘normal’ people will never understand. “It’s usually my go-to response for pain, exhaustion, anxiety, everything. The other half of the time it’s that I’m at my breaking point and there’s not enough rest or time away in the world to bring me out of it.”ġ0. “Half the time it means I don’t have any reason for feeling the way I do emotionally, mentally, or physically, but I feel I need to give one. The majority of my day is spent ticking down the clock so I can go home and curl up and just be in pain out loud.”ĩ. “I’m mentally exhausted from having to keep it together on the surface at work, when what I really want to do is scream out loud with the pain. I’d like to be alone.’ Predominantly this is when I really am absolutely exhausted and have zero energy to consider those around me.”Ĩ. “Most of the time it actually means, ‘I know you mean well, but please give me some space. “‘I’m tired’ is code for: I’ve hit the exhaustion wall/power-off button I don’t have the energy to explain the systemic overload my body and mind are experiencing I need to be alone I’m sorry I can’t do that for you right now, but I’m incapable of even doing that for myself.”ħ. I know everything will be OK and my faith will get me through this, but right now ‘I’m tired’ and don’t have the energy or the will to put that much effort in to finding the good in my situation.” AdvertisementĦ. It means I’m tired of the fight my body is constantly in against itself, I’m tired of being positive, I’m tired of pushing through the pain, I’m tired of never-ending procedures and continuous doctor appointments that tend to only discover new problems. “When I say ‘I’m tired’ it means I don’t want to talk about it right now. I just want to be able to melt into the floor because I don’t have the energy to hold myself up. So, just smile and nod as I go sit down and put my brace on.”Ĥ. “I don’t want to stop helping you, but I’m pretty sure I’m going to crumble if I do one more thing. When I say ‘I’m tired’ I’m trusting you enough to show you how I really feel before I get ready to get up and keep fighting again.”ģ. When I say ‘I’m tired’ I’m giving myself permission for a second to stop fighting my illness and to be vulnerable. It means mentally, emotionally and physically I do not want to keep going. “When I say ‘I’m tired,’ I mean my body hurts to the point I can’t explain to a ‘normal’ person how bad it hurts.
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