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[ladysprite]

Bleah.

Three and a half hours' sleep is not enough to practice medicine, especially when coming on the heels of a week and a half of insomnia and nightmares.

Luckily, it *is* enough sleep to make sitting on the sofa, watching a Star Trek: The Next Generation marathon, and playing computer mah-jongg seem like a fascinating and fulfilling way to spend the day. And, given that I'm not working today, I believe that's what I'm going to do, for the next few hours, at least. If it stays bright and sunny and I manage to become slightly more functional, I'll hopefully go for a walk this afternoon. I am not, however, making any life and death decisions.

I had hoped that when the sources of stress in my life were cut back, the anxiety would go, too. Apparently, that's not the case - it's just decided to attach itself to random events and issues, leaving me panicking at 3am over utterly random crap. Looks like it's codeine time if I want to break this cycle....

I want a nap.

Comments

[medeaschild.livejournal.com]

Stress doesn't flush out of the system quickly or cleanly, I'm sorry to say. Exercise, meditation, hot water in various mounts (tea, shower, hot tub) and happy distractions (games, baking, crafts with bright colors) are all my good things for unneeded anxiety. Well, and Xanax.

[arachne8x.livejournal.com]

Stress can become a habit and it's a hard one to break. Good luck with getting to that point yourself.