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What do you do when you're sick? (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 weeks ago by rayquetzalcoatl@lemmy.world to c/casualconversation@piefed.social
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Heya! I've had to come home from work because I'm too run down with some kind of flu.

I'm going mad. I can't work out, can't go for a run. I can't focus on any freelance work. I don't have the energy to paint or record anything. I've just about got the energy to vacillate between my desk and my bedroom, but it's driving me nuts being so unproductive. I'm on a losing streak in online chess.

I've already eaten way past my maintenance calories. My hoover doesn't work so good else I'd be hoovering the apartment. I've done laundry and the dishes. I need a productive, non-thinky, preferably arty, low effort task.

So, what do you lot do when you can't do anything? When you're sick, run down, out of energy, or just having a day of paralyzing executive dysfunction -- how do you get through it without driving yourself up the god damn wall?

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[–] definitelynotavampire@piefed.social 15 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Curl up in bed with a book and some tea.

Resting is being productive. Your body requires rest to get better. Ignoring your body's needs is not helpful and will only drag your illness out. If you had a child or a loved one who was sick or injured would you force them to run around when they didn't feel well? That would be abusive. Don't do it to yourself. It sucks to be forced to rest when you don't want to, but learning how to rest your body and your brain is a skill too and it's ok to not be productive 100% of the time, in fact it's not mentally healthy to have to be productive all the time.

[–] rayquetzalcoatl@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago

You're right, thank you. I like to be productive and often get frustrated when I feel like I'm wasting my own time, but you're right; healing is productive, and taking time out to recover is good. Thanks 😊