I slept for days. I slept all of Saturday and most of Sunday. Monday afternoon, I woke up long enough to re-schedule an appointment to Tuesday. Tuesday I made the appointment but spent the rest of the day before and after sleeping. On Wednesday I slept twelve hours and awoke, finally feeling “right” enough to accomplish things again. Spending Friday evening fighting against excessive and overloading sensory input because I wanted to finish what I was doing cost me about four days of . . . . of life, really. Not just four days of work but four days of everything. This is why “just tough it out”
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