Some days I wake up feeling tired, some days, I wake up with some energy. My blood pressure has gone up in the past few months and when I checked my blood sugar level and salt intake is normal, so what's the problem here? Stress.
Some People think that stress is just physical, but actually psychological and mental stress is the real damage.
I try to compensate the psychological stress I go through with more sleep time, but somehow it hasn't completely done the magic. I remembered 2 to 3 year back, my blood pressure was constantly 110/60, no matter the physical stress I went through, so what happened?
Life happened.
I no longer have the "fun moments" where I didn't have to be in grief, constant anxiety, about so many things. Somehow I dream about my stressful life situations, diagnosis and everything, and I still wake up thinking about it.
24/7 it's constant thoughts and worries, and these days even when I try to have a break to experience "happy moments" or create artificial happy moments just to you know, release the good hormones that lowers the blood pressure, I tend to always find it very impossible.
Life is stressful to some, you'd never know if you're from work to home, to restaurants, pictures and TV. There's an unfair version of life that exist in places that only a few people have experienced.
A person from church visited me yesterday and asked why the pastor hasn't visited, I told him I didn't mind if the pastor visited me or not, and it wasn't his responsibility to do so if he didn't want to, it's bad anyway to feel deserved.
Perhaps I'd have been sad in the past, but I just realized something: I'm trying to declutter, remove, free myself from more stressful thoughts, and see if this would do magic for my blood pressure.
I'm already in so much stress already, and some of these are situation I cannot control. For example getting stressed from my illness has been imaginable, I have stayed 95% indoors for 5 weeks because I didn't want people commenting on my appearance and weight loss, because this might just stress me further.
It's hard when you have to find ways, I guess this is why I overthink things. It's a lot of emotions to try and manage, sometimes I just watch a movie, when I'm not stressing about money, or try to get in healthy food to continue my recovery process.
It's all a mirage though. Most vanity metric to sustain happiness fails when there's a bigger stress source in your life. It's not a life I want, but it's what it is. Know how you get blamed for what isn't your fault? That's it. We find closure in causality, but life becomes stressful when you cannot see a cause for a problem or an issue
Do you manage to get some sunshine on your skin for a few minutes per day? Vitamin D deficiency can also contribute to poor overall health. And the remedy is some direct exposure to the sun. I don't know if going outside for a while would invite people to come talk to you. But if you can be in the sun privately for a while every day, it may help you feel slightly better.
Yes, it's a hot country naturally, so it's always sunny, and I get the dosage I need
I for one wouldn't care what people really think, just step out there and feel free and alive, sometimes staying in doors all get your mind cloaked up like a vail you can't really see clear enough,
go out free your mind, if you get any body around just sit out n have some discussion, just talk laugh feel free, there's a relationship between silence and depression....
I think your health will do better if you try to get off your comfort zone , sometimes you need to intentionally defy the odds,
I wish you quick recovery man
Thanks a lot
It is well, brother. God is your strength. Hmm, someone with good health doesn't know what God has done for him. I can only pray for divine intervention for you to be back on your feet as soon as possible.
Yeah, we underestimate good health a lot and some people are ungrateful
stress is a tough circle... you get a problem, you get stressed and you keep thinking on it, if you don't have distractions it becomes a constant, it never stops so your whole day is passed with worries and anxiety and that stresses you even more, you sleep bad, you are tired, you get even more stressed... it's a loop...and it's bloody hard to break it
It's a cycle like you've said. I don't get overly stressed in my 20s, but it's been different in my 30s
Stress sucks, and as you become ill you get even more of it. Been there and done that far too many times. I know what you mean when you say you don't want people commenting on your appearance because it adds to stress. it sucks. It's good to destress mentally the best you can and distract yourself. Sadly, the stupid stress is still there...
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It doesn't go away, it become worrisome when it begins to affect blood pressure which then comes with its own consequences
I hear you there and totally understand. I have to be careful not to let myself get too stressed or my blood pressure and heart rate both go up.
As long as the core issues aren't reasonably solved, it's always hard to move out of a stressful state on a sustained basis as anything else kind of pales in comparison to this core issue. One of the main ways I try to manage stress is going out for walks, specifically to the beach, when falling a sleep to get into a restful state can't happen.
The core issues are always there, the chronic conditions and the problems and all the issues. Unfortunately I can't eradicate it.
Sometimes, it's essential to avoid things that stress us out. Focus on what brings you peace and calm your mind. if you need rest, just relax. I wish you a safe and speedy recovery.
Unfortunately some stress factor are chronic and one cannot control them.
Life is tough, and I think it has been very rough for you. I hope you are able to get over this stressful event soon, and that you recover well.
Well the source seems to be always there, so it's just like a back and forth
When rest doesn't fix stress it's a whole other level of stress. I hope you keep finding little ways to ease your mind and that your recovery comes more speedingly each day.
Yes, I wake up very tired sometimes even after quality sleep
More grace for you 🙏
I really felt this. Stress can drain us in ways that sleep or food alone can’t fix. Sometimes the hardest part is when you’re doing your best but life still feels heavy. I hope you keep finding small ways to ease your mind💖
Life is always stressful its on us on how me find things that can make us away from stress.If you are stressed do things that makes you at peace and away from stress.Meditate and travel if you think these can help.
I pray for your peace.Everything will be okay.