By Sheela

COVID Chronicles

I’ve already reached a crescendo with this COVID thing. However, it’s still taking a toll on my emotional and physical health. I’m not functioning well. I’m not eating enough, I’m not sleeping enough, and for every 30 seconds of activity, I’m out for hours. The coughing isn’t painful but it wipes out all of my energy.

When I do manage to get some sleep, my dreams are unintelligible. I dreamt about an assortment of plastic tabs and phone hackers. I’m tying to manage my mood, but some days I simply want to be left alone, no matter the good intentions.

Nobody tells you to manage your mental health – you find that part out the hard way. My doctor told me that based on my symptoms and vitals that I’m moving through it nicely. It doesn’t feel like it when it took me ten minutes to move a basket of laundry five feet.

You can get through it, but the cost might be a heavy one.