For the past 3-4 days I've been feeling rather extreme fatigue, I have no other symptoms, just fatigue.
Under normal circumstances I've been doing very well distracting myself from anxious thoughts and thinking positively. But when I'm tired it's hard for me to summon the mental resources needed to distract myself.
Does anybody else have periods where they're fatigued for no reason at all for a few days? The past two days I had to take a nap to make it through the day, which is very unlike me.
I'm 23 years old btw.
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Hi Eric,
I get the kind of extreme fatigue you talk about after I've had a day or more of what feels like non-stop panic attacks. It's exhausting!
And when I'm in that extreme fatigue mode I feel VERY depressed, suicidal thoughts and all.
Good thing is that I always do come out of it... it doesn't last forever, just like the panic never lasts forever, even when it lasts for DAYS!
I get the kind of extreme fatigue you talk about after I've had a day or more of what feels like non-stop panic attacks. It's exhausting!
And when I'm in that extreme fatigue mode I feel VERY depressed, suicidal thoughts and all.
Good thing is that I always do come out of it... it doesn't last forever, just like the panic never lasts forever, even when it lasts for DAYS!
When I was going thru the worst of my anxiety disorder, recovering, I used to call this state "emotional hangover" . It was like I was ZAPPED w/ a tazer gun, for example only. I felt totally & completely WIPED OUT: mentally + emotionally + PHYSICALLY. I felt completed depleted of any & all OOMPH w/ in me. It was like I had 100's lbs. of metal chains on me, & I then had to muster the physical strength to: get up out of bed + shower + chores @ home: laundry/ironing/cleaning/meals for family, etc.
I cld it an emotional hangover, because: lets get serious all that ANXIETY DISORDER & PANIC ATTACKS ARE - all they entail, are physically exhausting. Its like being on a roller coaster - going UP & DWN UP & DWN - 24/7. This is especially true if, simulataneously the sufferer is working on some deep surpressed emotions. Feeling emotional pain is tiring.
This "state of tiredness" we're referring to is tricky. You see, it can make it feel ALMOST physically impossible to GET UP & GET GOING - DOING SOMETHING - ANYTHING. Now, experiencing "this state" on a daily & consistant basis wears on the person. After a while, you get depressed - cause you WANT TO FEEL BETTER. It's like having the FLU - you know all them achey/stuffy/BLAH feelings right? This state is similiar. You know it is there + you know you don't like it - FEELING GOOD FEELS GOOD. <span class="ev_code_RED">THE TRICK I am referring to w/ this "tired state of extreme fatigue" </span> is GETTING UP & DOING IT ANYWAY - w/in means & reason.
When I was recovering, little by little, I fought it. I didn't want this tired feeling to become something I allowed to become MY STATE OF BEING. In other words, I didn't want it to so over power me - that eventually, I was "ok" w/ it - allowing myself to be complacent. I didn't want to JUST ACCEPT IT. So, while there were many days during my recovery where I was wiped out. The majority of them days, I LITERALLY FORCED MYSELF to get up & get going, doing it anyway - inspite of not wanting to or feeling like I couldn't: showering, getting dressed, going outside, etc. Heck, I even remember being home & not working while recovering. I'd take a shower - & put perfume on & get outside. Even if I was only going to the "corner store". I put that perfume on as a reminder that I need to take care of me & pamper me. Exercising is very key w/ recovery as well. We have a treadmill home. Lord, it was like I had those previously mentioned 100 LB CHAINS on me - just to drag myself to that machine. It took every ounce of will power I had to do that. However, I did it in spite of what this "tired feeling" was making me feel.
Somewhere deep inside of me, I knew: this feeling was a side effect to anxiety disorder + panic attacks + subsequent spurts of depression. Even if it was attempting to "trick me" into accepting this state. I needed to fight it by not "laying dwn in bed" so to speak. Fighting this feeling, inspires us + gives us energy + deeper will power + enthusiasm - fighting it is the CRYPTONITE to anxiety disorder + panic attacks & depression. By fighting it, it loses its power - cause YOU GET IT BACK. It's like FOOD FOR YOUR SOUL/SPIRIT/BEING.
LENORE
I cld it an emotional hangover, because: lets get serious all that ANXIETY DISORDER & PANIC ATTACKS ARE - all they entail, are physically exhausting. Its like being on a roller coaster - going UP & DWN UP & DWN - 24/7. This is especially true if, simulataneously the sufferer is working on some deep surpressed emotions. Feeling emotional pain is tiring.
This "state of tiredness" we're referring to is tricky. You see, it can make it feel ALMOST physically impossible to GET UP & GET GOING - DOING SOMETHING - ANYTHING. Now, experiencing "this state" on a daily & consistant basis wears on the person. After a while, you get depressed - cause you WANT TO FEEL BETTER. It's like having the FLU - you know all them achey/stuffy/BLAH feelings right? This state is similiar. You know it is there + you know you don't like it - FEELING GOOD FEELS GOOD. <span class="ev_code_RED">THE TRICK I am referring to w/ this "tired state of extreme fatigue" </span> is GETTING UP & DOING IT ANYWAY - w/in means & reason.
When I was recovering, little by little, I fought it. I didn't want this tired feeling to become something I allowed to become MY STATE OF BEING. In other words, I didn't want it to so over power me - that eventually, I was "ok" w/ it - allowing myself to be complacent. I didn't want to JUST ACCEPT IT. So, while there were many days during my recovery where I was wiped out. The majority of them days, I LITERALLY FORCED MYSELF to get up & get going, doing it anyway - inspite of not wanting to or feeling like I couldn't: showering, getting dressed, going outside, etc. Heck, I even remember being home & not working while recovering. I'd take a shower - & put perfume on & get outside. Even if I was only going to the "corner store". I put that perfume on as a reminder that I need to take care of me & pamper me. Exercising is very key w/ recovery as well. We have a treadmill home. Lord, it was like I had those previously mentioned 100 LB CHAINS on me - just to drag myself to that machine. It took every ounce of will power I had to do that. However, I did it in spite of what this "tired feeling" was making me feel.
Somewhere deep inside of me, I knew: this feeling was a side effect to anxiety disorder + panic attacks + subsequent spurts of depression. Even if it was attempting to "trick me" into accepting this state. I needed to fight it by not "laying dwn in bed" so to speak. Fighting this feeling, inspires us + gives us energy + deeper will power + enthusiasm - fighting it is the CRYPTONITE to anxiety disorder + panic attacks & depression. By fighting it, it loses its power - cause YOU GET IT BACK. It's like FOOD FOR YOUR SOUL/SPIRIT/BEING.
LENORE