Okay, here's what's happening.
Firstly, I'm really grateful for all the comments you've left and I am to blame for not responding.
The second issue is slightly more complicated.
I have a pretty intense job and it means long hours. On Thursday morning I had an odd turn because I suddenly lost all the feeling in my fingers.
It spread around my body and - it's not anything serious - but basically I am or I have been suffering from exhaustion / "Stress Exhaustion" (?)
No, it's not the guy in the gym that led to it nor is it my goal for a sixpack which is to blame.
Basically, I've been working too hard and my body's given up.
My body was a fortress and I always thought that it was invincible but it's given in. I feel old and horrible and irritated.
I've been lying in bed / doing fuck-all and can't basically do anything "stressful".
It's weird because I feel like I really want to sleep but when I turn out the light my heart leaps into overdrive and I start stressing about the morning.
Apparently I need to relax and breathe and I need some rest.
Tonight I had McDonald's and it tasted like shit. Friends think that force-feeding me McDonald's with help me relax. I really hate this.
So if I'm a little on the quiet side it's because I'm sleeping or pretending to relax. I hate this shit and I want normality.
Friday, 9 November 2007
Sleep is good!?
Written by Bobby Vanquish at around 22:24
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Or, maybe the reason for your physical dilemma is that you're just old...
Hey man, sorry to hear about your exhaustion. Give it a week, you'll be right as rain, and come on: there's nothing more rewarding than doing nothing ;)
I'm so sorry u feel like this. I've been through some heavy work-related stress, I know how it feels like. There are no particular good advices besides the usual (rest, pampering yourself, etc etc). Just concentrate on yourself and screw the rest..
Steven: You always say the sweetest things.
Willy: I have been fuck-all since Thursday and will be for the next few days. But it's skating a rather thin line between relaxing and being very boring.
Andrea: Yeah - I have done nothing and the awful thing is that I can't bothered to do anything. It's crapola...!
blogging can't be stressful and neither will going to the gym be.
as a wise man once told me...'sort it out' so shake it.
Yep I know stress and not sleeping - insomnia is a bitch and it just makes it all worse
try your hardest or as the case may be dont try to relax and sit back and clear your mind
ugh
hope you are feeling better soon
I have a pretty stressful, demanding job, and sometimes I get that way too. I always manage to bounce back.
This might sound crazy, but in the fall, I pull a bunch of tomatoes out of the garden, then I clean them up, and boil them down in huge pots and put them in jars, with no salt added. Then when I get feeling the way you do, I take one out, heat it up and drink it hot. It's loaded full of all types of vitamins and antioxidants and it jolts me back to feeling fine again. I think I canned two bushels of tomatoes this year, in the form of tomato juice, tomato sauce, stewed tomatoes, and whole tomatoes. And don't go to the market to buy this to try it. It won't work. Anything sold in the mnarket has been processed. I could send a jar to you, but by the time it gets there, you will be out of the funk your in.
Anyhow, canning is what happens to you when you grow up in the midwest in the United States and your family cans stuff growing up. You end up complaining about it along the way, and then end up doing it just like your parents did and realize that they were right all along.
I'm looking forward to the end of the year as I will be taking vacation from Dec. 14 to January 3rd. Woooo hoooo 19 days off straight! Then I can relax. Florida or California here I come! I thought about taking another week off and making it 26 days off straight, but I hate being away from work that long at a time really.
Take care.
Carl
Sorry to hear that. The best thing to do is not do anything and hold out until your work gets less stressful. Holding off bringe drinking is a good idea as well.
seahorse: apparently gym is bad because the Doc said that I wasn't eating properly. I scoffed when he said "possible malnourished" but fuckem - there's no way I'm stopping going to the gym.
Drew: It's the worst - but I'm cool now - to combat it I've basically just been asleep since like Thursday. Last night I had about 12 hours sleep in one go. So can't be too insomniacal (?)
Carl: Yeah - I think fruit is one think I need (or at least more...) and a holiday. I haven't had more than 3 days off continuously since March this year. I'm now just sick and tired. My sister lives in CA so maybe that could be a good idea. THe tomato idea sounds really good... but I don't suppose V8 juice counts?
Oliver: yeah: drinking is the worse you can do - and i haven't had one since that fateful night in the tunnel. that was more than a week ago. Funnily enough (or not) it was after that night that things started to really go down hill...
Honestly, I'm not sure about V-8 etc. What I hear is that if it is in a can, that it has been processed and thus, is not nearly as good for you as if it hasn't been processed etc. (I have been thinking about getting into juicing though. The juice would have to be readily absorbed into your system with all the nutrients etc. I'll either get one of those juicers or perhaps the ice cream making machines. It looks like fun, and... well..... yuuuuummmm!!)
I boil the tomatoes down myself really because it's a guilty pleasure and an acquired taste that I've had since childhood; but have come to find out that the tomato (a fruit - not a vegetable -as many think) is really good for you and it takes serveral tomatoes to be boiled down that go into each jar.
So, mostly I use an entire jar on my macaroni and not only does it taste good but it combats everything from stress, to exhaustion and more.
I think a good thing for you to check out on the net is something called Limu Moui.
I tried this stuff and had good results with it. I'm not generally a health nut either, so I was shocked when I felt really good by drinking this stuff. Very expensive though.
http://www.thelimucompany.com/?go=original_limu.limu_moui
Hopefully your sister isn't in the area where they houses are buning. Nearly half the state is on fire really.
I may opt for a few days after Christmas in Florida to get away from the harsh winters we have here.
Someone in the office told me she was reading in an article that you are suppose to eat a spoonful of tomato paste daily. Each spoonful of tomato paste is a great amount of tomatoes evidently. It could work I guess. I haven't tried it. But it's loaded with vitamins etc. So, couldn't hurt.
Cinnamon brings down cholestrol too. A woman in the office tried it and brought hers down significantly.
We're a weird office here. We try different things and share the results openly.
Carl
my prescription calls for a glass of wine and a valium. taken together, the world feels like a much better place..... hope you feel better soon! x
Gabiel's idea could work too!
LOL.
Sometimes I think of doing that when things get overly stressful, but in the end I never do. I just sleep it off and then shake it off and get back to work.
Carl
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