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  1. litha

    Burn out.

    For me, examining my thoughts played a big role. I've experienced periods of burnout in my life and they always involved feeling apathetic and uninterested in my schoolwork, hobbies, exercising, etc. as well as being pretty easily upset. With CFS, however, I can think of lots of things I...
  2. litha

    Despite being exhausted, do you have trouble sleeping during the day?

    I've had issues with being able to fall asleep easily for some time now, but it definitely worsened with my symptoms (and still fluctuates based on the kind of day I'm having). I also had a sleep study done and the official consensus was "abnormal sleep architecture," which I think might be...