Once again, Stress is a culprit

Thank you for posting this, @JanAtheCPA . If I may reveal why I value the information you’ve provided:

I developed shingles when I was 28 years old. 2017, I think the year was. I had no idea what was happening to me—only had one or two of the trademark sore spots. Of more concern were the constant headaches, fatigue and nausea. I crawled into a nearby hospital where it was revealed to me my meninges was inflamed—meningitis—which also contributed to encephalitis, a swelling of the brain.

Weird! Everyone in the hospital was saying I was too young for shingles. Looking back on it, this didn’t come out of nowhere. I had been heaping tons of pressure on myself. A relationship was also straining me. In other words, I was stressed the f*ck out.

I’ve never felt “right” since then. Fatigue, mostly. 2020 brought back a new crisis, self-perception wise, that “feels” like what happened to me in 2017. With the onset of shingles and whatnot, I felt like I’d gained 60 years of age in a second. At my worst these days, I just feel old.

Did my “body say no” back then? Is it still? I’ve come more and more around to believing this is so. I think my body still remembers what it’s like to have that kind of painful, throbbing inflammation, directly in and of the nervous system. I think my body is still trying to slow me down, in a way, and for me own good. God knows I have slowed down—but it remains to be told if I’ve truly learned, adapted to, and implemented the lesson, quite yet.

Thanks for posting, and always appreciate your input—