having a ruff day

Sorry about the bad day,

Its rainy and cold here after a mild day yesterday. Stress is hard on fibro, not sure anyone handles it well in general...

I really try to pace my work out to reduce stress, and since i way overdid things yesterday.. I am really trying not to push it today. When i can get a break , i sit against a heating pad, both for aches and the dampness today

Benny, I grab a cane on rough days. I'm only 46.
It's hard to pace ourselves when we're having a good day.
Grab that heating pad and rest.

Bennyboy- you can't go wrong listening to Christian music! My spiritual life is what gets me through my rough painful days. It's a learning curve on how much your body can take. I still have days where I think I need to get everything done in one day. Then the next day I can barely walk.
I have learned to not over extend myself which makes a big difference. I had to learn the word no! Try to limit your stress as much as possible. It really does make a difference. I try not to invite stressful situations in my house.

I really don't think you can avoid all stress. Good and bad things happen all the time. It of course is the bad things that cause stress, beyond words sometimes. I slowly try to think things through and find sensible solutions. Stress even impacts your dreams, at least mine.

I have been back dreaming sometimes about falling into vast bodies of water. One time I am going off a cliff in a car and there is nothing but water. Another time I was flying somehow and was missing an iceberg and heading towards open sea. I then at times wake up and get up to stop dreaming. Sometimes my dreams make my heart pound. I made peace with my self years ago. Read that dreaming about water has something to do with death. I decided to accept death but not wish to die yet. I then had a break from these scary dreams for years, until now.

Christmas does make us overwork. For some crazy reason we want to clean our homes much better than we actually have the ability to do. We make lists to prepare and shop. We send out Christmas cards (this year our postage has gone up so much and I think it is most unfair). I even help my Husband with putting together small gifts for his office.

At the end of the day I am in pain. I use heat and ice. I get immense relief when I go to bed but never get up without fatigue and pain not far behind. I begin the process all over.

For now, I am sitting, admiring my Christmas Tree. My Husband has quite embraced helping with everything. We decorated it together. I will keep listening to Carols and singing when no one can hear me.

Loring

Osteoarthritis in Multiple Joints, Fibromyalgia, Neuralgia, Chronic Daily Headaches, I.B., Hard of Hearing...

Stress:

I remind myself that it doesn't all have to get done today. My "to do" list is more of a "might do". I try to put things on there before they day they have to happen, if I can get to them earlier the better.

Breath - Breathing is one of the best things I've learned. I have an app on my phone that dings this bell every half hour or so to remind myself to take a deep breath. I've shared this with many others and they've also found it helpful.

Time for myself - Every night before bed I take a warm bath with epsom salt. My husband knows that is MY time, don't bother me. The worst thing he can do is try to have a conversation with me during that time. It's best to just avoid the bathroom when I'm in there for bath time.

Let it go - I have a couple of Mantra bracelets to remind me of things like "let it go" and "it is what it is". Just learning not to hold onto negativity helps so much, to not let the little things get to you.

Those are things that help me reduce stress.

Hallahan said...
If I have something stressing me out I say to myself "you can think about that between 7:00 and 7:30". In the meantime I go through my day and when it enters my head I just remind myself "only between 7:00 and 7:30." Because all we have is the here and now.

Take it easy on the housework. My place is a disaster right now waiting for the energy and motivation to hit me. It will eventually come. I've had this disease 6 years and pacing yourself is key. Rest, do something, rest, do something.

My Christmas wish is that all of us have less pain from here on.

Barb

Our bedroom, living room and kitchen needs cleaning real bad. I am going to try to work on it tonight while my wife is at work.

That is a nice Christmas wish :)