put in context (meds)
I saw my med doc today and explained what's been going on with my feeling shitty and flu-like the last few days. To my surprise, he had a valid answer that wasn't "oh, you're just depressed and you need to work harder." This is just about the time when I should be experiencing withdrawal from the meds I stopped taking after a few years. It didn't even occur to me! I'm so used to that feeling being business as usual that I just thought it was more of the same. This makes perfect sense in that context. So I don't have to beat myself up about not getting better (because DAMN I've been working hard). There is a physiological reason I'm feeling this way and knowing it's going to end soon eases my mind so very much. So while my body feels run down and crappy and I don't want to do anything, I'm no longer stressing about it. :-)