Wednesday, January 11, 2012

my mind is busy but the body won't follow

somebody help me :((

i swear y'all.  someone out there with the powers that be, simply has to hate me.  no matter what i do - or don't do, i just can't get it together.  i have run out out of ideas, and solutions.  i have come to the conclusion that this is the life that i have been given, and i have to adapt to it.  the way that it is.  i can't force it to change, and i have to stop feeling guilty for the days that i 'can't get up.' 

i have literally a dozen and twelve reasons - to truly not feel good on any given day, yet i find just as many reasons to beat on myself for just that.  a lot of folks call it 'should-ing'.  i should be doing this or that.  i can 'should' myself to death.  many days i nearly do.  some days i will overdo it  so much that i hurt for days.  and i know in advance that it's gonna happen.  sometimes it might only be sitting at the desk for too long workin on business that i'm behind on.  but man, i pay for it.  when that kind of thing happens, and i'm down for days recovering, when i do end up feeling better, guess what happens?  do i bounce back up?  not usually. i end up down even longer -with fear of being 'down' again.  so i'm in baby myself mode for a few days longer.  then i get depressed.  then i get angry.  then comes isolation.  then ya know what happens?  i begin to hurt again, from being lazy, and not doin enough,.  so then what happens?  i end up manic.. and go on a cleaning frenzy - cuz in my week or so of feeling like shit, the entire house and list of responsibilities has only worsened. so,the cycle begins all over again.
and that my friends, is what my life has become.  a cycle of pain, depression, and playing catch-up with life.

what the hell am i supposed to do now?  how do i find a balance in this mess  while at the same time still attempt to show some semblance of 'normalcy' to those around me, when there is none.

i believe i just exited the most difficult year of my life both physically and mentally. and from the looks of it so far, as short as it is 2012 isn't looking too promising either.  at least not physically.  i have spent almost the entire 'year' inside my home.all two weeks of it,  feeling sickly, and in pain.  i have had my first round of spinal steroidal injections of the year, which were no help at all.  and for the first time in as long as i can remember, i cancelled a VA dr appointment the other day - because i felt too bad to drive out there and deal with it.  i never cancel anything that i have on schedule.  i'm a very schedule rigid person.  until now apparently.

it's very difficult for me to look at my life the way that it really is these days.  i'm not giving up.  i'm not giving in.  i just have to figure out what the in between is.  there is a balance somewhere - but where is it for a person like me?  a bi-polar, chronic - everywhere pain havin (multiple diagnoses), Addisons disease havin, fibromyalgia, chronic fatigued, i've fallen and i can't get up self type person ?  that is a lot of crap for one body - every day.  and it's a lot of medication- every day.  i really do try - every day to merely function.  much less, live a full life, and run this house, and keep up with people , places and things.  and God knows i wanna go fishin.  how simple is that?  but just the thought of carrying the tackle bag is too much lately.  beautiful spring like days have gone by this last couple months - and pain and weakness has cost me the things that i love most.  i'm gettin worried now that that depression might be what takes the rest.

i'm gettin older, and this body can't take as much,  and there's no one else to do what i do.  and i don't know what to do about that. some things obviously must be changed.  figurin out what and how is the issue.

has anyone seen soul?

6 comments:

Maddy said...

Wish I had something concrete to offer other than my sympathy.

SOUL said...

Oh wow. Thanks maddy. I love folks to comment. Far as i know you're fairly new here and i don't wanna run you off with a bad day. I don't get many new ones at least not folks that talk much. Maybe cuz i haven't posted consistently for so long. But i gotta tell ya this much - i am far from a sympathy seeker. Really if anything. I was asking the real question 'what do i do now? It's hard to know. Its hard to get through each day without doing too much or too little. And it affects me. It depresses me. But its my life. I was in pain and a little sad when i posted. But i did manage to get out and run a few errands and it did me good. It wasn't much. But it was good to just drive a little and walk thru the pharmacy and interact with a real person. Those little things can make a big difference when it hasn't been done in a week or more. Thanks for comin by. I'll swing by your place real soon. :))

desert dirt diva said...

ok. no pity party from me then.. honest words... cause i love ya and you know... do what you can do....and when you can't relaze.. take it easy... mild exercise, when possible.. and get a tackle box with wheels, you love to fish, I love to fish with you and you seem happier relazing by the lake... thats all you can do....if you miss an apptointment, re-schedule.. and move on.. don't dwell.....sorry the pain is not getting easier... and meet me on friends, o.k. i amd lagging there.. Lo0ve you :0}

Kee Kee said...

ah..my sweet Poodles haz the idea. a wheeled tackle box :)or even throw yours into a wheeled cooler.

I was going to say make yourself a schedule. I also know from having a blog for years ,that every Jan. and feb. the depression gets worse. I guess it's the addition of some S.A.D. thrown into the mix.(oh the fun of it all) lol

I'm there with ya. If I don't have lists and some sort of schedule, I will accomplish nuthing!

Try it ,you'll like it :)

Love and hugs ,me

Debbie said...

Yeah January & February suck.

How about just trying to accomplish one thing a day? In my case, I get myself overwhelmed and then don't do shit.

This is just a recent shift in my mind. I actually literally pat myself on the back for washing the dishes. Ya never know???

Oh. I also don't ever see any of your follow up comments. I don't check the email that's listed here and don't know how to change it. :(
Ya know I love ya whether you feel good or bad :)

Raine said...

I read the book "His Bright Light" by Danielle Steele. It the true story of her sons life- he was bi-polar and died from it. There was a place in her life when someone said to her "why do keep expecting him to be normal? he's not" She said it made a major difference in the quality of their lives when she gave up those expectations. Maybe....... it would be good for you to stop trying to be "normal" and just be Soul. I think it would be ok- you are a good soul