hypernormie
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I’m disabled, I have this weird neck/spinal problem that started 3 years ago that basically leaves me sporadically bedridden. I almost avoided this entirely too but I wasn’t able to get much help from my family when I first noticed something was wrong so I had to keep working which made it way worse. One day I heard a pop in my spine after forcing myself to get up even though my body was screaming at me to not move at all and after the pop I felt a large amount of pressure shoot up my spine to the right side of my skull and now I have what feels like constant immense pressure at the base of my skull. I’m talking 24/7 365 extreme pressure wrapping the base of my skull. My spine also feels incredibly stiff now and the entirety of my internal “system” feels contracted. I feel very internally stifled like my body is in permanent fight or flight even though I may be “relaxed.” I can’t think clearly anymore, I can’t feel my emotions as deeply anymore, I have drastically reduced coordination and my heart feels like it’s under a lot more internal pressure suddenly. On top of all that, the pressure in my spine sometimes increases so high that I basically am scared to move because it feels incredibly bad to do so, forcing myself to move the last time I felt this way is how I ended up in this situation but this happens basically at random points of the day every day which makes living a normal life very difficult. Sometimes I’m even scared to leave my house in case this happens and I’m forced to just stop in the middle of the street. I can barely read anything anymore because I can’t focus but I do still try and read as much as I can, it’s just I can tell my brain isn’t taking in half of it. My vocabulary has been slashed, I lose track of my sentences, forget words and other bullshit, stuff that literally never happened to me prior to this, I never had a problem speaking prior to this, people used to compliment me on my speaking abilities prior to this and now I am struggling to remember basic vocabulary words to explain my thoughts. Often I just have to stop trying and move on. I can’t exercise because my heart rate increases too high all of a sudden, I can’t skateboard or lift weights, I can’t even jog or run, sometimes even just walking feels exhausting. My blood pressure is also suddenly way higher than it’s ever been and because I had started going to doctors when I first felt something was wrong but prior to the spinal issue I was able to see my blood pressure and I watched it spike from normal to high basically overnight after the pop in my spine. I had to quit weed, cigarettes and alchohol. I can’t even go out and drink with my friends to lower the stress.
I’ve lost 3 years of my life trying to get this shit to go away. 23-26 literally the prime of my youth is being robbed from me and the doctors can’t figure out what is wrong. I have so much I wanted to accomplish these past 3 years that I just haven’t been able to do. It’s starting to become too much, I feel I am falling behind too much in life. I planned on having my career established by now, right before I was afflicted with this mess I had started really organizing my life and getting my routines down consistently for the first time. I was truly at the point where I felt I had reached a level of emotional maturity and stability with my income that I could lock in and go after my dreams, I was finally able to keep on track of my goals without distraction and was more motivated than ever before in my life and then BOOM I get dealt this. The doctors don’t even know wtf happened, they tell me everything looks fine but it obviously isn’t. Even if the doctors figure out what’s wrong, or even if it goes away on its own right now, I will still be 3 years behind. This is very difficult for me to deal with emotionally, 3 years is a lot of time to lose, especially in your 20’s. I’m considering roping but I can’t even gain an emotional release and just let go because I can’t feel much emotion in this state of heightened stress my body is constantly under. The muscles in my face and neck don’t even relax enough for me to cry when I feel sad, I haven’t truly cried in 3 years. A tear here and there maybe but nothing truly cathartic. So even if I rope I won’t be able to do it with certainty. Time seems to be running out, I can’t imagine trying to catch up to everyone at the age of 27 or god forbid 30 or perhaps even later if I don’t get better, there’s no catching up at that point because by the time you catch up you will be past your youth. My hair is already thinning in the front which means I’m going to have to come up with hair transplant money and that will take even longer.
It’s not fair man. All I wanted to do was devote myself wholeheartedly to my craft and I can’t even do that. There are so many people out there who are perfectly healthy who are completely wasting their time doing nothing, accomplishing nothing, experiencing nothing, just existing and for what? It’s not fair man. I will go the rest of the year and see how I feel, if things don’t get better I’m not sure what I will do.
I’ve lost 3 years of my life trying to get this shit to go away. 23-26 literally the prime of my youth is being robbed from me and the doctors can’t figure out what is wrong. I have so much I wanted to accomplish these past 3 years that I just haven’t been able to do. It’s starting to become too much, I feel I am falling behind too much in life. I planned on having my career established by now, right before I was afflicted with this mess I had started really organizing my life and getting my routines down consistently for the first time. I was truly at the point where I felt I had reached a level of emotional maturity and stability with my income that I could lock in and go after my dreams, I was finally able to keep on track of my goals without distraction and was more motivated than ever before in my life and then BOOM I get dealt this. The doctors don’t even know wtf happened, they tell me everything looks fine but it obviously isn’t. Even if the doctors figure out what’s wrong, or even if it goes away on its own right now, I will still be 3 years behind. This is very difficult for me to deal with emotionally, 3 years is a lot of time to lose, especially in your 20’s. I’m considering roping but I can’t even gain an emotional release and just let go because I can’t feel much emotion in this state of heightened stress my body is constantly under. The muscles in my face and neck don’t even relax enough for me to cry when I feel sad, I haven’t truly cried in 3 years. A tear here and there maybe but nothing truly cathartic. So even if I rope I won’t be able to do it with certainty. Time seems to be running out, I can’t imagine trying to catch up to everyone at the age of 27 or god forbid 30 or perhaps even later if I don’t get better, there’s no catching up at that point because by the time you catch up you will be past your youth. My hair is already thinning in the front which means I’m going to have to come up with hair transplant money and that will take even longer.
It’s not fair man. All I wanted to do was devote myself wholeheartedly to my craft and I can’t even do that. There are so many people out there who are perfectly healthy who are completely wasting their time doing nothing, accomplishing nothing, experiencing nothing, just existing and for what? It’s not fair man. I will go the rest of the year and see how I feel, if things don’t get better I’m not sure what I will do.
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