Chronic Fatigue: The Challenge of Being Well

On the spectrum from healing to whole

Angie and Benny, not giving a bark. Photo by Author.

I woke up not waking up, like usual, feeling a sense of dread about how the day was meant to go. I am supposed to rest, to be productive, and to find some mythical, intentional, liminal space between the two. To tread the line between resting, in order to avoid post-exertional malaise, and exercising, in order to avoid deconditioning which will also…