Kenny Banya
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So not by biological tests
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Ha ha, your description is very good, really made me laugh, particularly the bit about shuffling along to the churchyard! I can so relate to that.Turning into a zombie. Effort of walking is too much, so I just shuffle along if I have to move at all. Memory, concentration and word-finding problems, unable to follow a conversation, headache, generally feeling unwell in stomach, kidneys and various other places. I just want to shuffle along to the churchyard with a dull, glazed expression on my face and lie down in a grave.
Did I mention tired? "Tired" is a completely unnecessary word in my opinion, doesn't even begin to describe it and just leads to confusion.
EDIT: forgot to mention, while this is going on, from the outside I look absolutely fine! Maybe "bodysnatched" would be better than "zombie".
The above anecdotes are very similar, but they don't sound like "malaise" to me. To me, “malaise” indicates unhappiness, melancholy, depression, etc. Isn’t there a better word than “malaise” to describe what is happening here? A word that describes loss of function, not change in mood?