#Fatigue #Pain #Depression #Anxiety #invisible #MentalHealth
The mental pain of neurological illness is exhaustive and physically draining leading to chronic fatigue and putting your body in a safe mode to where it can do nothing but shut down to survive.
This pain is so severe and happens so fast there is no time to prepare for it or explain it to anyone on time for help.
Your body goes into full panic mode, looking for an outlet to get relief from all the chaos it is experiencing.
The problem is all the signals are being interrupted, stopped and or blocked from helping because they need healthy nerves to do so.
The nerves they are trying to use are severely damaged, partially working, crossed over and doing something opposite of what your brain thinks they should be doing, or some are just completely burnt out and doing nothing.
An example would be trying to use a phone's land line and the lines are crossed, the number you are calling for help is correct, but you are getting a stranger on the other end who has no clue who you are or what to do for you.
Or calling that same number for crucial help but all you keep getting is a busy signal because the other line is off the hook for whatever reason.
All this frenzy from broken nerves and painful muscle spasms sends your anxiety to a new high and causes a bird's nest of new worries and thoughts.
Now your body is exhausted (to say the least.) Your fatigue is a flashing red light, a warning that your body is overloaded with pain and at its breaking point.
Chronic fatigue sets in and shuts you down, it does not matter where you are or what you were doing you shut down.
Your body cannot move one more inch or blink an eye at that. You cannot speak or think of a word, and you are deaf to your surroundings, not hearing a word or feeling a thing.
The fatigue has put you in a deep sleep to rebuild some strength and energy while protecting you and saving your life.
Although no one wants fatigue it is really like your body's own saving grace protecting you from more severe brain damage and or physical damage.