My body's drama queen

[vaneramos]

I felt depressed this morning, the worst in months. These mornings scare me to pieces. After bumming around for a couple hours, I shovelled myself out the door for a walk. The sky was sharp and bright as needles, making me weepy.

The sun, river and woods eventually cheered me up, but arriving home I still felt listless.

An hour ago I sneezed. Then I sneezed again, and felt a telltale prickle in the back of my throat.

So that bad mood this morning was just my delicate nervous system raising the usual red flag that something was wrong.

In the past my brain has gone off the deep end over some serious shit. I spent many years barely coping, so I'm relieved when the problem has a simple explanation. I know the feeling won't drag on for a couple weeks, or through the end of November. The past couple years have been mostly good, and I'm growing in confidence that the lessons I've learned about self-care are paying off.

A cold I can handle. I need a new bottle of Advil.

Comments

[rsc.livejournal.com]

Sorry about your cold, and glad it's no worse than that.

[vaneramos.livejournal.com]

Heh, it's nothing. :)

[quirkstreet.livejournal.com]

Mmmm, yeah. I'm still weighing how much of my reaction to Daniel's bear contest thoughts last week was Daniel, how much a 24-hour allergy thing I didn't realize I was in until it cleared. Hypersensitive AND depression-by-sneezing, weepy in the sunshine, honey, we ARE a pair! Big hugs.

[vaneramos.livejournal.com]

We're gonna make a big mush ball someday.

[blue-by-you.livejournal.com]

Oh, dear, I'm thinkin' of you. Colds suck but as an alternative...not so bad. Hugs to you.

[vaneramos.livejournal.com]

Thanks, Lisa, you are one special person, my Queen of Green.

[ranger1.livejournal.com]

*hugs* I'm thinking of you.

[ruralrob.livejournal.com]

Me sniffy too, but getting over it (I hope). Sleeping a lot helps . . .

[dubious-one.livejournal.com]

i think it may be something cosmic. hang in there, it can only get better.

Ginger tea

[leafshimmer.livejournal.com]

When I get one of those colds that leaves me feeling ratty and rundown, I get some ginger (I always keep a big root of it in the fridge), mince up about a half inch or so of it, and put it in 1 1/2 to 2 cups of boiling water (usually in a small saucepan). I let it boil about 10 minutes or so. Then pour into a big mug and stir in one teaspoonful of honey. Squeeze some lemon and stir for extra zip. I do this a couple of times a day. It's more effective if you can actually chew and swallow the cooked ginger.

Re: Ginger tea

[vaneramos.livejournal.com]

I only have bottled, puréed ginger, but I expect the root itself is more effective.

Fortunately this cold has not amounted to much.

[jaique.livejournal.com]

Yeah, once you've been seriously depressed for a good length of time, the threat of returning to that place is a nightmare.