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Tiredness and chronic illness
Over the last week, I seem have struggled massively with sleeping. The UK is experiencing a heatwave, and it’s making it so difficult to get comfortable enough to go to sleep.
The thing is, all this is well and good, and I’m not saying that I don’t enjoy it, because I do, but it means that certain things have to be sacrificed, and this week, I definitely paid the price for these sacrifices.
INTROVERT
As an introvert, while I like spending time with people, it is also mandatory that I have some alone time, where I can just be me, and I don’t have to talk or keep up conversation with people. This time, gives me the opportunity to recharge, and prevents me from getting, what I call “peopled out.”
I have also found myself going to bed later than normal, and being unable to wind down, which means that I’ve not been getting to sleep before 1.30am, which is not good for me. It’s not that I need to go to bed at 10pm, or anything, but I’m not the kind of person who can lay in after a late night. A lie in for me, is generally 8.00am.
FIBRO FLARE
This week, I have also been battling a particularly bad flare up of my fibromyalgia, and a severe dip in mood, not helped by the fact that…
