Low Energy
It seems like I have more low-energy days than most people.
I had one today. I had wicked brain fog until noon, and when it lifted, I still
couldn’t muster the energy to do anything.
I didn’t want to speak. I didn’t want to leave the house. I couldn’t think. My mind was blank.
What IS this? I’m not depressed, but I do have anxiety—is this a symptom of anxiety? Is it peri-menopausal? Is it due to stress? Is my immune system fighting something off, so my body is conserving energy?
Do we all have energy cycles, but mine have lower lows? Am I more sensitive to it? I am sensitive to a lot that goes on in my body.
I googled “low-energy days” and got a ton of hits, so I guess I’m not alone, but I still feel like I have them with a greater frequency than is normal.
At least this time I recognized that this was how my day was going, so I sat down on the recliner with a cozy blanket and read for much of the day. First I finished the book A Sick Life: TLC 'n Me: Stories from On and Off the Stage, a memoir by Tionne Watkins. Memoirs are my favorite genre. Then I picked up my cousin Julie Doherty’s new release, A Valley Too Far. It is, unsurprisingly, outstanding. The only reason I’m not reading it right now is I had to pause to charge up my Kindle. I can tell this one is going to cause me to lose some sleep! ("Just one more chapter...")
I didn’t want to speak. I didn’t want to leave the house. I couldn’t think. My mind was blank.
What IS this? I’m not depressed, but I do have anxiety—is this a symptom of anxiety? Is it peri-menopausal? Is it due to stress? Is my immune system fighting something off, so my body is conserving energy?
Do we all have energy cycles, but mine have lower lows? Am I more sensitive to it? I am sensitive to a lot that goes on in my body.
I googled “low-energy days” and got a ton of hits, so I guess I’m not alone, but I still feel like I have them with a greater frequency than is normal.
At least this time I recognized that this was how my day was going, so I sat down on the recliner with a cozy blanket and read for much of the day. First I finished the book A Sick Life: TLC 'n Me: Stories from On and Off the Stage, a memoir by Tionne Watkins. Memoirs are my favorite genre. Then I picked up my cousin Julie Doherty’s new release, A Valley Too Far. It is, unsurprisingly, outstanding. The only reason I’m not reading it right now is I had to pause to charge up my Kindle. I can tell this one is going to cause me to lose some sleep! ("Just one more chapter...")
Anyway, I'm very curious about other people's experiences with energy cycles, low energy, brain fog, and the like.
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