Where to start? I am in my early 40s, and I have had the book for a number of years. In various fits of tidying, I put the book away and promptly forget everything (habit sets in and I forget to apply what I have read). Until I remember to pull it out again.
I have chronic non-specific health issues, more recently chronic fatigue, which I think are adrenal (crash & burned out) related. When it hit a week ago Sunday, I pulled the book out again and everything I'm feeling relates to what is in the book. (feeling tired, stressed, overwhelmed, "too muchness", lack of privacy both at home and work).
So, the problem, being at an all-time low, how to apply what I know will help? How do I stop everyday life and having to deal with everything and everyone, so that I can get mentally and now physically well??? I just spent 3 days housesitting for a friend this weekend who has no TV, cable or internet...and did NOT want to come home. It was awesome!
Add to this, my supervisor just talked to me today about how she's concerned and that I'm apparently interacting with others "with a tone" (which I didn't realize), when it is late in the date and I'm extremely overwhelmed. She herself has read the book and kind of agrees but where work is involved, you have to put your best foot forward (meaning, go with the flow, even if the flow stresses you out). So now I'm feeling really uncomfortable going in to work tomorrow, wondering who knows I've been called out on this inappropriate behavior
when it's all I can do to get myself there and through the day. (Oh, and I've had this job 18 years so although the idea of trying to find a new job is terrifying but possibly better, I just don't know...).
ADD to this, I live with my older parents to help them out, who I now know are extroverts and as they are getting older, getting a tad needier, when all I want to do is run away from home. Because you know, where parents are concerned, you never really grow up. Moving is not an option, for economic and other reasons, especially as they are getting older. Although that's all I want to do. I know I need to get a grip on this before things get worse and they end up with worse health problems that I have to deal with on a permanent daily basis, while staying true to my own temperament.
My finances are a wreck because I keep having to take time off work and/or go to the alternative health store to stock up on supplements to try to maintain some level of wellness while I figure this stuff out (for the umpteenth time).
Any ideas? I could go on & on but you get the idea.
