- Saturday: Event in town, with small kids, socializing
- Sunday: Teambuilding event
- Monday: Work strategy meeting
- Tuesday: Held a presentation and socialized
- Wednesday: Work strategy meeting
- Thursday: Course w/group sessions, parents over for dinner
- Friday: Work event, work event
- Saturday: Museum trip, family visit
Throughout the week, slow buildup of joint pain, feverish feeling, lack of appetite, swollen throat, buzzing head, torpor, lack of focus. Today I am just broken.
These are all (for me) normal physical reactions to overextending myself socially or spending time in sensory intense environments for any amount of time. They are also symptons I would get if I caught the head cold that is going around.
It feels extremely silly that I have literally zero idea if I have a cold or not.
Anyway, treatment is same either way: Take it easy for a while. Mostly wanted to share my frustrating confusion and maybe hear if others have similar experiences and how they manage. :)
I am very much the same. When other people get a flu they still go to work and maybe take it easy. But for me I become incapable of doing basic things like cooking or taking care of myself. This obviously results in me feeling even worse.
It actually got bad enough that I’m already not working for a while anymore. I’m just scared of getting sick while employed because it will quickly result in long sick leave and eventually in me resigning.
I’m impressed that you can still go to work when feeling sick almost every day, I would not be able to do it.