I just caught myself tensed up while disinfecting my bird baths and feeding bowls…
That increases fatigue with feeling sick/ill plus slight nausea and pain, mainly after the tension resolves: post exertional malaise.
In many situations I’ve learnt to relax unconsciously, so don’t need to remember. But some I do, and being in a fatigue flare for a few weeks, I need to remember this more.
Yesterday I needed to talk with a phone company, and was surprised how well it went altho it was 15 minutes, usually well above my limit. But I remember I was in a relaxed mode, was well prepared, wary / aware that this could get to be a trigger. Shows that semi-conscious relaxing helped.
2 weeks ago I had to talk with them too, it was 25 minutes, very nice person, but I wasn’t prepared and didn’t remember to relax. That was then first part of a double trigger, of which the second part was 35 minutes talk therapy trying to help get over a semi-traumatic trigger 2 weeks before that.
So I’m writing to remind myself - and us all? - to relax more consciously again.
Anyone the same?