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pretentiousendeavour:
This is also something that applies to anxiety and other mental illnesses/chronic illnesses. They take energy to manage. Having to do things while anxious or depressed or going through a depersonalization episode is exhausting mentally and physically. You are going to be tired from that, just like any other exhausting activity, and you need to let yourself rest afterwards.
bananonbinary:
i wanna really zero in on “…the energy that you spend fighting your depression.”
i’ve never heard anyone say that before. sure, having depression means i have LESS energy, but that still always frustrated me because it didn’t feel like an “excuse” to take a nap. it just means i can’t get as much done, but i should still be wide awake while doing those things, right? i’ve never even considered depression as something that actively takes energy to fight. a constant amount of effort exerted in the background instead of just a one-time penalty to how much energy you have overall.
this helped a lot, thank you.
dudepositivity:
If you have depression and find yourself taking naps often due to chronic fatigue I just wanna remind you that you aren’t wasting time. You aren’t running out of time. You need rest, you need to catch up on the energy that you spend fighting your depression. It’s all gonna be okay. Life is long, you’re not wasting it by sleeping a little more often.
pretentiousendeavour:
This is also something that applies to anxiety and other mental illnesses/chronic illnesses. They take energy to manage. Having to do things while anxious or depressed or going through a depersonalization episode is exhausting mentally and physically. You are going to be tired from that, just like any other exhausting activity, and you need to let yourself rest afterwards.
bananonbinary:
i wanna really zero in on “…the energy that you spend fighting your depression.”
i’ve never heard anyone say that before. sure, having depression means i have LESS energy, but that still always frustrated me because it didn’t feel like an “excuse” to take a nap. it just means i can’t get as much done, but i should still be wide awake while doing those things, right? i’ve never even considered depression as something that actively takes energy to fight. a constant amount of effort exerted in the background instead of just a one-time penalty to how much energy you have overall.
this helped a lot, thank you.
dudepositivity:
If you have depression and find yourself taking naps often due to chronic fatigue I just wanna remind you that you aren’t wasting time. You aren’t running out of time. You need rest, you need to catch up on the energy that you spend fighting your depression. It’s all gonna be okay. Life is long, you’re not wasting it by sleeping a little more often.