Why am I so tired? So fatigued? I have to rest to decrease my symptoms? Or - can I rest because my body is a gift? Part 1

Are you ever hard on yourself when you need to rest? Do you ever think that it means that you are still sick, or still have a limbic impairment when you need or want rest? Do you feel that you are broken, or there is a problem when you need rest. Do you realize that actually, we are designed with a need for rest? But perhaps instead you see it as another sign, or indication that there is still sickness happening in your body? You may even have shame or guilt (both old self-focused, or old-nature), for needing rest.

Perhaps you are doing better at realizing that you need rest, and need to care for your body, but there is still some level of emotional / mental torment as you rest, which negates the rest.

I am not trying to say that sleeping 20 hours a day is what is required, and if that is what you are doing it is normal. I am not denying the fact that there can be illness influence here. But I truly think we need to shift the narrative on rest.

If you start teaching your body that it only gets rest when it screams loud enough that it needs it, and you can only say no to others when your body is screaming loud enough that it can’t do something, then it is going to learn that screaming loudly is what gets you the needed, or desired rest. You don’t want your body to need to scream louder.

Instead, let’s decide to care for our body, not because it is broken or sick, but because it is a gift we have been given, and we need to, and have the privilege to, care for it for the rest of our lives. This is part 1. I wrote more, but I felt that I wanted to start with this, and let you all pause, and think on just this idea. We will have more next week.