Each time I was burnt out I would,

Take advil or tylenol

Have a bath to try and ease the pain

Feel dismissed by every western medicine practitioner because I wasn’t in enough pain to tick their boxes

Fail at taking care of my children and showing up for my partner the way I wanted to

Order takeout or groceries

Need an exceptional amount of rest in order to feel like I could get ahead anywhere

Struggle financially as a result of requiring extra rest, pay extra for life things I couldn’t do on my own, and try to make it work with a loss of income

Feel like I was letting everyone down

Spiral into anxiety and depression

Eventually, it got worse. My monthly flair ups turned into weekly, turned into daily