sick vs. reacting
Jul. 7th, 2004 05:15 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
wispfoxSo, every so often I notice that it's actually pretty difficult to tell when I'm sick, rather than simply reacting emotionally/mentally to something in my environment.
This is probably why I frequently don't realize it when I'm sick, at least until I start coughing or something. Even sore throat isn't enough, because sometimes it's just that I need to drink more water (which doesn't resolve the problem immediately, even when it is simply thirst).
I'm actually pretty surprised that I _ever_ catch myself being sick before it hits full force, because I'm often tired for one reason or another, partly because I sleep poorly and/or need excessive amounts of sleep usually and partly because I usually want to be _doing_ things rather than sleep. And, tired is one of the major sickness indicators for me; always has been. Everything else that tells me I'm sick or getting there is usually late enough in the stage that it's not all that helpful. And being headachy is so... frequent/normal for me that it's not a useful gague either. And being shakey often goes with lack of sleep, so _that's_ not useful, either.
I'm thinking on this right now because, in addition to wanting comfy touch (which I'm not going to get at home for a while, since![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
aelisdeliria is gone for a few days), I'm possibly more tired than makes sense. But it's difficult to _know_ that I'm just overly tired. And yeah, my head hurts, but there are so many possible reasons for that to be that the info is basically useless. On the plus side, when I _am_ sick, I tend to be able to sleep much more easily - sometimes being sick is what I need to catch up on lack of sleep, since most of my being sick doesn't last more than a day or two (possibly because most of my being sick is simply insufficient sleep running my body down).
*shakes head* For someone who is reasonably aware of her bodily state, that info really isn't that useful, because emotional/environmental factors tie in so strongly to it!
This is probably why I frequently don't realize it when I'm sick, at least until I start coughing or something. Even sore throat isn't enough, because sometimes it's just that I need to drink more water (which doesn't resolve the problem immediately, even when it is simply thirst).
I'm actually pretty surprised that I _ever_ catch myself being sick before it hits full force, because I'm often tired for one reason or another, partly because I sleep poorly and/or need excessive amounts of sleep usually and partly because I usually want to be _doing_ things rather than sleep. And, tired is one of the major sickness indicators for me; always has been. Everything else that tells me I'm sick or getting there is usually late enough in the stage that it's not all that helpful. And being headachy is so... frequent/normal for me that it's not a useful gague either. And being shakey often goes with lack of sleep, so _that's_ not useful, either.
I'm thinking on this right now because, in addition to wanting comfy touch (which I'm not going to get at home for a while, since
aelisdeliria is gone for a few days), I'm possibly more tired than makes sense. But it's difficult to _know_ that I'm just overly tired. And yeah, my head hurts, but there are so many possible reasons for that to be that the info is basically useless. On the plus side, when I _am_ sick, I tend to be able to sleep much more easily - sometimes being sick is what I need to catch up on lack of sleep, since most of my being sick doesn't last more than a day or two (possibly because most of my being sick is simply insufficient sleep running my body down).*shakes head* For someone who is reasonably aware of her bodily state, that info really isn't that useful, because emotional/environmental factors tie in so strongly to it!
