One symptom of Adrenal Fatigue is that we sufferers are easily overwhelmed by everyday tasks. We operate in an exhausting world of “brain fog,” hyper-sensitivity and poor short term memory. It is easy for us to lose track of bank balances, anniversaries, personal commitments and to feel constantly “behind,” frustrated and angry.
overwhelmed feeling feed adrenal fatigue
Then, add in an unwanted seasonal project like … tax preparation … and in comes the rage, insomnia, anxiety and extreme a.m., can’t-get-out-of-bed, fatigue.
Have you seen that stop smoking commercial about how “quitting smoking sucks. “product name” makes it suck less.” I encourage to follow my lead and have one sucky tax preparation weekend then to put of off (but never out of mind) and drag it through weeks of evenings. That’s what I did last year and the year before and the year before.
This time I will gather everything I need in one room. (and avoid the Zig Zag Syndrome. See below.) I will close the door - light the scented candle – have all my favorite music and pets near at hand and FINISH what I started three weeks ago. My husband can take over breakfast, lunch and dinner duty (as I did for him last weekend and the weekend before and …) Did you know that most people stricken by Adrenal Fatigue tend to be “Type As” who have a difficult time asking for help? True.
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I keep he
aring how we should be eating four to five servings of fruit & vegetables daily BUT I honestly haven’t known exactly what constitutes a “serving.” Do you know what I mean?
A new friend who is a RD (Registered Dietician) helped clear this up and I’d like to pass it on to you!
One serving = 1 cup and, generally speaking 1 piece of fruit = one serving i.e. 1 apple * 1 pear * 1 banana
When it comes to veggies and smaller fruit …
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Energy Tip # 6. STOP. Ask for help.
You don’t have to do everything all by yourself. Do you?
Have you heard the saying, “Pride goeth before the fall?” Loosely interpreted it means you may fall flat on your face if your need to “look good” gets in the way of your body’s right to “feel GREAT.”
Don’t know about you, but I have been far too slooooow to ask for help. Somewhere I learned that needing help was a sign of … (
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Are you a tired woman? This may sound like a strange question but so many of the women we serve didn’t know they were tired!
For one thing, fatigued women tend to be Super Women over achievers! They are sooooo busy helping everyone else they lose track of their feelings - physically, emotionally and spiritually. Asking an exhausted woman how she “feels” is about as constructive as asking her about her hobbies or what she does for fun or which girlfriend she hooked up with last week. These are dead-end questions because fatigue is chip, chip, chipping away at her youth, joy, enthusiasm, simple pleasures, free time, dreams, friendships, marriage …
Women who are tired don’t tend to have hobbies or time for bubble baths or coffee dates with girlfriends. Instead of enthusiasm they often feel overwhelmed, resentful and angry.
STOP this vicious cycle. STOP your denial. You are the only one who can help yourself AND you are here on this page because you know something’s gotta change.
Click here and please proceed directly to the Tired Woman Quiz. http://www.FatigueBeGone.com/tired_woman_quiz.
PSST. First put the oxygen mask on yourself, then you can help all the people you want. Tired women tend to do this backwards, right? Been there – done that and that’s how I became an expert on this Women’s Health Topic!
