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Old Sep 30, 2010, 04:39 PM
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Originally Posted by garden gal View Post
...went to therapy, went for a long-ish walk, applied for 3 jobs.
Wow Garden Gal, these are all really hard things, it's understandable to be so tired after all of them!
I can really relate. I know just what you mean about being super exhausted all the time. IMO this is depression. I have found I can't even nap. For me, it isn't so much tiredness, but listlessness. On bad days I can't seem to climb stairs, have to keep sitting down and feel achy and awful - like I'm 80 years old. On these days, in addition to what I usually take for depression I add advil and I increase my caffeine intake. I know it isn't the best remedy, but it works a little for me. Caffeine is the only thing I have found that makes me marginally happy... part of it is just the ritual. I think therapy itself is truly exhausting. It means dealing with a lot of emotional stuff that might even remain subsconcious. Keep doing the healing things. Give yourself time to rest... and try to let yourself off the hook a little bit? It is not your fault.

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Thanks for this!
garden gal