On Fridays after work, I feel like a zombie with a headache. I walk in the door, sit at the dining room table, and stare into space for a good thirty minutes, often more. I then struggle to make my way upstairs. After a relatively easy week, when the headache isn’t terrible, once in my … Read more
Lying in bed, still a tad groggy, I glance at the clock and contemplate starting my day, and the tears well up. The thought of facing people, noise, colors is more than I can handle. The mere thought of processing all that sensory input is causing overload. Hyper-sensitized, the noise from the street starts to … Read more
“You need to take a day off. I mean off everything. When you don’t have to go into work. A real break. Your brain needs it. You’ve been doing too much. No reading and definitely no writing.” Cindy was right, I was totally exhausted. I’d been going strong for a couple of weeks, and the … Read more
