Thank you for your advice. I'm not sure what grounding is in meditation, but I think I have the pain issue, if not figured out exactly, at least absent for now.

I had set aside an hour a day to journal, and found that I was immediately feeling exhausted afterwards. So, trying to practice self-compassion, I would let myself sleep. Without setting an alarm, I would wake up in about an hour and have energy the rest of the day.

But after a while I started waking up naturally after two hours, then three hours and I told myself enough is enough! Looking back, the pain started when I started limiting myself to one hour, setting an alarm and making myself get back up.

I've never needed so much sleep in my life!!!!

The pain just got so bad. I didn't want to give up on working through things though, so I'm letting myself sleep until I wake back up, however long that takes and BAM....no more pain.

But my ability to get things done feels limited. I hope I go back to normal soon.