2025_2_6 My body no longer tolerates stress well, and US pol is *very stressful*
Thankful to Kelly The Disabled Ginger for writing and affirming that chronic illness can be severely impacted by stress.
I used to be one of those people who thrived under pressure, who loved to problem-solve and create against a clock. Regardless of how healthy those situations, let alone my my perfectionistic, over-achieving history which sought them out was, it has been shocking to see how quickly and how severely my body breaks down under stress now. I have gone from stress being an instigation of “I feel alive!” to “I cannot live like this.”
I hope if you are struggling that you can find ease and kindness. I hope you can feel connected. I hope that you can learn and practice the 20 Lessons from the 20th Century. I highly recommend the graphic novel edition of On Tyranny for people with ADHD, brain injury/fog, etc. Its images have stuck with me, and have helped me better integrate the learnings than I would have from a text-only book.