Many of the fibromites I know also suffer from depression and anxiety At the very least the constant pain and drastic life changes can lead to discouragement. Granted, Youtube can’t treat depression, you need a doctor for that. I’m talking more about the days that just seem a little bit off. Sometimes, I window shop for items I’m working towards like a Hansgrohe faucet or spend time outside. On those kind of days I watch this video. “I can do anything good”. The really great thing about this is that it was taken in the early 90′s before Youtube was ever around, it was just a home video. Where do you get inspiration?

The super-flare from two days ago is over. Now I’m just back to my normal pain level, although I’m just exhausted. It’s nice that it only lasted one day. In the moment it felt like it was never going to stop and that I would totally have to change my life to accommodate the new pain level. Sleeping well seems to have warded most of it off. I think I usually get fibromyalgia flares when I start coming down with the flu, does anyone else experience this?

Since I have fibromyalgia but look fairly normal I often feel guilty for having to take care of myself. I know that a lot of healthy people balance work, social lives and community responsibilities. I can really balance only one of these things so I choose survival. I choose to be as healthy as possible instead of stressed out. This means that I constantly have to say “no thank you” to a lot of responsibilities that aren’t absolutely necessary. I don’t even have enough time to keep up on my health the way I’d like to.

Exercise is mandatory for me so I can feel the best I possibly can but lately I rarely even have the time and energy I need for that. I know what it will mean if I agree to do something I can’t handle. I’ll get so sick that I won’t be able to accomplish whatever I said I’d do and I also will start having problems getting my work done. Does anyone else out there have fibro guilt?