Am trying to remind myself to focus on & celebrate what I got done rather than berate my body for what I didn't get done. No, I didn't sort my kid's toys or sweep & mop, but the whole household's laundry is clean, folded and put away, there's clean sheets on every bed, I cleaned my bathroom top to bottom & vacuumed all the bedrooms. I took 4 bags of trash & recycling out. It's ok that I didn't bake or that there's dishes in the sink. I did a lot #disability#disabled#ChronicPain#ChronicIllness
@quagga I definitely was on and off my ass, like it feels like less cuz it was over four days, but like, it actually was a lot. I actually got scolded today because doing the laundry and some of the trash collecting and other stuff today nearly made me faint. I was separated from my phone for an hour, it was upstairs and I was stuck downstairs tryna eat and rest and scared my husband, sister and a couple other people cuz nobody could get me on the phone
@quagga hence me tryna remind myself to like, be nice to myself, cuz I did all the cleaning I did without any help whatsoever and then terrified like ten people since everybody knew I was home alone and wasn't answering my phone
@SingsongRaptor omg! sounds like everyone else just made it more stressful.. that sucks 😭 i’m glad you made it thru, i hope you can get the downtime you need
@3TomatoesShort it doesn't feel like heaps, cuz it was spread out over four days, but I'm just telling my brain over and over that it really was. If nothing else the cleaning got me scolded bcuz my body's protests had me separated from my phone for an hour and I scared like ten people by accident
And thank you, other people's praise makes it easier to convince myself I did in fact do a lot
@SingsongRaptor
I'm the same way, which is why I like to reply to other people's posts with positive validation!! 😁
My brain always wants to focus on the things I couldn't get done instead of the things I could, it's so hard to unlearn.