Does anyone else ever feel like this?

[DressesWithPockets]

Last day of Easter holidays. Kids are nearly 4 and nearly 7. I'm so tired I've spent a lot of the day lying down while they play.

At first I thought I must be ill, I felt so dreadful. But other than being so tired I could cry (and a bit achy) I've no other symptoms.

Kids sleep through fine and I share parenting 50/50 with my husband, so I don't know why I feel so run down. All I can think is it's the stress of a whole year of Covid, homeschooling, being in each other's pockets (we both wfh atm) all the time suddenly taking its toll.

Does anyone ever feel like this? Inexplicably just exhausted? If someone told me I could go to bed for the weekend I'd do it.

@DressesWithPockets

Thanks. Yes the domestic workload has increased as everyone is at home all the time making a mess, needing feeding etc. I feel ridiculous though as my husband does his fair share and seems to have more energy than me.

Yes same here.

But although dh does his share, he’ll also happily sit around and spend time doing what he wants to despite the house being messy. And doesn’t get stressed by it. He also doesn’t get involved in much of the mental planning eg shopping, meals, birthdays etc.

I can’t relax when the house is untidy at all and just see never ending jobs everywhere. Because we are all in the house a lot more it gets more untidy and dirty so It feels like a constant cycle of jobs and more jobs. So you end up feeling tense in the place you should feel relaxed....