Chronic Voice Prompts: De-stressing, resting, and finalizing

Time for Chronic Voice Prompts of the month

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So it is December. And Christmas is coming. It can be a stressful time of year for us with chronic pain and chronic illness. I may not like winter but I Love Christmas.

De-stressing

I wrote a post about this some time back called Avoiding stress during the holidays during the holidays. Which I follow for sure. I do not like stress around the holidays. I like to feel the anticipation of it all. But this year I am quite stressed. With the lack of my short term being approved, I am just really stressed. With all the pain and vertigo it is just draining, and that makes me stressed.

But I try to alleviate this by self-care. Hot baths with Epsom salts. And writing helps me de-stress. I have been even reading a little bit when I can, which is difficult with the vestibular symptoms but it makes me feel good that I can a bit. And I am trying out some podcasts to listen to and TED talks. De-stressing is part self-care and part is finding things I can do instead of focusing what I cannot.

Resting

I have been resting, I’ll tell you that. I rest to do things. I rest after things. And I certainly take a good long lay down and nap twice a day just to function at all. Too much resting. So much resting my fibromyalgia is flaring up. But I need it right now and I have accepted that fact. All part of the healing process sometimes.

Finalizing

So I just finished the rough draft of one of my fantasy fiction novels. It needs to sit for a bit before I do the second draft. So I have to decide for December what novel to work on in the two series I have going on. It is a passion of mine. And I want to write the next books in those series next and not the unpublished series I have going on. Anyway, fun stuff.

See other other posts

10 great posts for people with fibromyalgia 

Christmas ideas for people with chronic pain

Epsom salt baths