Last week I got sick. I don't know if it was a genuine infection or a reaction to being constantly stressed, anxious and overwhelmed recently or just my body's way of slowing me. I thought it was a tummy bug, but about 5 hours after it started my legs got so weak and shaky that I could barely walk, and it stayed like that for the better part of a week. I was SO exhausted that I couldn't find the energy to get out of bed, or read, or go on social media or even eat that much. It was a real effort to even get to the toilet. I felt constantly weepy and found anyone near me too much. It was several days before I had enough energy to shower or get dressed or even just watch a movie.
Anyway, I have started feeling better this week and today I had to start taking the kids to appointments and it was so overwhelming. I haven't felt that bombarded in such a relatively normal situation for a LONG time. All the sounds around me became so unbearable that I started to feel hot and dizzy, and when someone came over for a chat I had real trouble making out what they were saying to me and felt like I took forever to work out how to reply. I desperately wanted to leave (or cry) for the entire time. By the time I got home I was really shaken and utterly spent.
Does anyone else get this? What is it? What's happened? Am I feeling so overwhelmed because I was ill or was I ill because I was already overwhelmed?
