To want to hide under the covers for a week?

[dancinginthedark123]

Can’t work out if I’m exhausted, depressed, or both.
sleeping 7-8 hours but wake feeling like I have 0 energy for the day ahead. I am still getting over bad covid but this exhaustion is excessive, my
kids were squabbling earlier and I literally just went to bed to lie down as couldn’t deal
with it. I feel I can’t face the day but need to as have 2 kids and an elderly parent to care for. I spent a day in out of hours with covid as my levels
were a bit low and it actually felt like a rest despite the awful conditions. Am mid - divorce, no friends IRL as my caring responsibilities have just taken over and people understandably got fed up with me not ever meeting up /returning calls etc. feel incredibly isolated and try and force the kids out each day for fresh air but feel I’m going through the motions and crave night time but instead of sleeping I look on social media at everyone else doing so much better than me at life. I’m tired. I’m so so tired 😢

Do you work OP? Or have any routine in the day?

I work from home so don’t see anyone “real” apart from fast
school drop off and 30 min lunch dog walk.

And maybe an obvious few health related Q:
Are you menopausal or pre menopausal?
have you had bloods checked for iron deficiency/ other deficiencies?

And delete social media. Just delete. I did the same Facebook everything just gone. Mental health and sleep etc improved massively.
dont allow phone in to bedroom. Charge it downstairs out of sight over night.

definitely well into peri menopause. Had blood done when in with Covid which seemed normal apart from inflammation from virus.

I feel absurd on social media as know it will only upset me seeing happy families and everyone doing well. I know it’s not accurate, but it’s so hard not to compare☹️

Definitely get some bloods redone, and maybe look in to some HRT. Get a good magnesium supplement, this really helped me through Peri exhaustion.
and the social media thing, I totally get it. But let’s be honest, one look on mumsnet and it’s clear to see most people aren’t the happy families social media makes out! You sound like you’re doing amazingly well. Divorce is a bereavement, a loss of a life you once had (even if it was happy at one time etc). Be kind to yourself. You’re working, you’re running a home, you’re caring for people, you’re managing a divorce. You’re doing brilliantly even just coping. Anything more is a bonus! Maybe just each day try to take 10-15 mins to do something kind for yourself, might be as daft as a face mask or something or even just sitting in silence. But something where you focus on you. X

Thank you, so much. I’ll try all these things.

Do you take Vit D?

I do have vitamins but am rubbish at being consistent with them so could
do better for sure.

I felt the same way you did, had a blood test done and was told severe vit D deficiency. Would encourage you to do a blood test. !

You’ve got so much going on, I’m not surprised you feel this way.

Be kind to yourself, do the next important thing & focus on getting through a tough time.

Agree with the above posters saying drop the social media.
Give yourself a break, you deserve it.