Not Blogging Equals Stress

As I also previously blogged, I haven ' t been blogging as much recently. And I have been feeling very stressed, and depressed recently. I realized these might be connected. At the beginning of my medical disasters (except my hysterectomy which was 18 months earlier) 9.5 years ago, I started blogging about my medical crap. I was ' expressing my stress ' (say that three times fast). I trained myself to vent through my writing. Then I haven ' t been writing, so I haven ' t been venting.Last night I started thinking (which is very dangerous at times) and realized that I really need to start blogging again for the emotional stress release I need.What is on my mind causing me stress? The bump on my head was a real eye opener to my stress levels. I spent most of last week doing a lot of nothing.I stayed home all week, not just one day as usual. I went to PT on Monday and the doctor for my concussion diagnosis on Tuesday and that was it. I physically was not up to doing anything else. I didn ' t go to the gym at all. When I go three times a week, I get to see a lot of people and chat with some. I think its my one big ' get and see people ' event each time I go. I also cancelled my second PT appointment of the week and skipped my knitting group. In not going out, I really isolated myself. Which was very bad. But I did feel so bad the beginning of the week that physically I needed to stay home and rest.By the end of the week, physically I was feeling better but emotionally I was ...
Source: Caroline's Breast Cancer Blog - Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: blogging stress venting Source Type: blogs