All I want is to be heard. To be able to say what is making me struggle today. And I'm so tired of the advice. My muscles are jumping. It's very painful. All I want is to say that so that people stop looking at me like a lunatic. I'm not even looking for sympathy, I really don't want it, I just want to acknowledge what I'm going through. And explain why I just spilled water everywhere. And explain why I couldn't eat my dinner without knocking food on the floor. And explain why I jumped/fell into the wall when I tried to answer you. I don't need to be told to try to stretch it out, that makes it worse. I don't want to be reminded of electrolytes, I've got those in check. I don't want anyone suggesting some magical solution of things that our community has already thought of and done a million times with no results. All I want is to be heard. To be able to say that this sucks. To have that space to be honest in.
Alright, stepping down from my soapbox now. Anyone relate? I would love to hear/read your story. You have a safe space with me.
Today has been super hard, lots of symptoms, tons of collisions, a lot of stress. Work and home. So I decided to turn it around. I threw candy at my coworkers as I robot-walked past them. They couldn't be mad about the flying things because it was a gift. And it was candy. The coveted item of any office. And when that wasn't enough, I sent pictures of squirrels being squirrelly (pretty sure I spelled that wrong, I'm tired) via email to get laughs. That helped.
Tell us what you're going through right now. I haven't met any of you, but you mean the world to me.