Knowing is half the battle

[andrewducker]

My brain has been alternating between "Aieee!!! Do lots of stuff!!! Why aren't you doing lots of stuff!!!!" and *is dead* for the last few days. And then, all at once, when I realised I'd not had any time off for the past two weeks, and that _that_ was why I felt so crap, it stopped.

This happens quite a lot to me. I'll feel crap for some reason, and suddenly I'll work out why, and feel much better. Sometimes I start to feel better first and suddenly realise what's been wrong, and sometimes the realisation triggers the recovery; but they nearly always come together. I wonder why that is.

Comments

[wychwood]

I have that a lot, actually. I've always assumed that it's partly due to subconscious tension over the whatever-it-is that's actually causing the problem.

[andrewducker]

Being able to see what the problem is always makes it better for me - I can then either do something about it, or at least see that it's not as bad as I thought it was.