Starting all over?

Hi all,

I'd like to introduce myself.

I'm having long covid since February 2022. Chronic fatigue, neuropathies, cognitive impairments. While I've learned to ease this condition a bit with good nutrition, it seems like it keeps staying.

I've been very active before, I loved running, traveling, long distance hikes, martial arts. I'm teacher of internal martial arts and qi gong ... I just can't teach anymore.

I spend most of my time in bed, apart from grocery shopping, cooking and cleaning. Those activities are about what I can do without crashing. When I crash my nervous system goes in shut down, mind is overwhelmed, body aches and I need to shut out sensory input. It can take a few days to get out of that.

Doctors don't know what's going on. Since blood tests read ok they suggest it's depression. I'm tired of explaining that the symptoms are physiological and a depressed mood is a result of this debilitating condition.

I'm not depressed, I know how much effort I put in maintaining and planning so that I don't get overwhelmed and crash. I also started a course in cranio sacral therapy just to stay engaged. It's one weekend per month, I can manage. After that I need three to four days of rest.

I have the impression that I have to start my life all over. New me, new occupation, new friends, new everything.

Unfortunately this condition isolates me because even talking to people can induce tiredness. The social contact I have is the course once a month. And on 7cups.

Thank you guys 🙏