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Originally Posted by Rose76
Well, I see I'm not alone in having a physical dimension to my struggle with depression. At a real young age, I experienced the fatigue. Now, further along in life, I have pains and aches that xrays say are connected to mild-to-moderate arthritis. I've read that depression "lowers the pain threshold." If I was less depressed, I think I would ache less. But a lot of what has me depressed is that I can't get as much done in a day, as I used to. I know we slow down, as years go by. But this is way beyond what I expected. I don't have any real tough, chronic, physical disease.
I can relate to not feeling rested from sleep. Also, staying motivated seems to just get harder and harder.
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I can really relate to not doing as much in a day as you're used too, and I don't just mean from a physical point of view
I have fibro, which limits me to what I can do physically anyway (and it's on a really bad level, so can't do much at all in a day without serious agony), but you know what gets to me most?
what gets to me most is my rapid physical and mental aging
I used to, for example, have a really good memory and could remember lots of stuff
but over the years, that's just gone- these days I require sticky notes everywhere to remember the most basic of stuff
the other thing that gets to me is going to the bathroom. we all do it, and that's fair enough, but 50 60 times a day?
this body's failing me now and it's certainly not what it was, and I miss the days where I was just... well, me. shockingly, I'm not that old- but my health has really done a number on me lately.