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[ljgeoff]

I've been sick all this week, and for some reason, it feels like everything I think just sucks. I know I'm just tired. Does anybody else get this way when they're tired and sick? I mean, I feel like all of my ideas are either poorly thought out, poorly formulated, and/or poorly expressed. Bleh. Stooopid.

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[johnpalmer.livejournal.com]

It took me time to realize that not *everyone* felt that way when tired/sick. It's very much like being depressed, only it doesn't last as long.

(And sometimes, it's just because I realize my brain isn't firing on all cylinders. Ideas that I know deserve to be fully developed end up half-assed, because I just can't focus enough to develop them.)

[elissaann.livejournal.com]

I get that way even when I'm not tired and sick, but especially when I'm tired and sick.

I hope you have a complete recovery very soon!

[kightp.livejournal.com]

I don't just *think* I'm stupid when I get sick, I *am* stupid. Little things like "what's my password?" and "did I turn the oven off?" just defeat me. Add to that the sensory deprivation of stuffy nose/watery eyes/plugged ears and it's like I've got a barrel over my head.

I chalk it off to my brain, like my body, needing rest. Naps. Take lots of naps.

[tiger-spot.livejournal.com]

I have been sick since Friday. I am getting better, but there is some stuff that I am leaving for later this week because I just do not have the brain right now. Head full of snot, no room for brain.

(And, yeah, I also stop having brain when I am tired.)

[enggirl.livejournal.com]

All. The. Time.
And not just daily crap like remembering why I just walked into the kitchen, but the "big idea" stuff like story ideas and plotlines and stuff. When I'm sick or my body is working hard to fight off the funk, I despair of ever having an original thought again and think I should just burn all of my pens and jump drives.

So blow your nose, take some Nyquil, spend a day doing nothing but watching movies in your jammies. Don't expect too much of yourself--your brain doesn't work when your body is sick. It'll be better and you'll be back to your badass self in no time. I promise :)

[serenejournal.livejournal.com]

Yes, and to be honest, it never occurred to me until this minute that I might be wrong -- I mean, I've been assuming that tired/sick = dumb. Maybe tired/sick = THINKS she's dumb.

Hmm. Must ponder.

[firecat]

Yes, I do. In fact I'm very tired now and I keep thinking I shouldn't post this comment because it's so stupid.

[rosey-jo.livejournal.com]

I can't even sleep. I have to force myself to go take a shower now, try to get to bed. I really need more sleep to be at my best. I have been thinking lately that I might just need to start up a formal meditation practice again. But yeah, I get that way, dissing myself, second-guessing what I've said and done, etc. I am that way at this moment. And I know I need to practice something for the children tomorrow, but I somehow have let it get ridiculously (since I got up at 2:30am) late. Welll, I fell asleep for about 20 min. after dinner cuddling with my husband listening to a Terry Pratchett tape and that must have somehow bought me a second wind. On the other hand, the kids were so damn cute today, and really pleased with the new part of the circle I brought, even though I didn't know it as well as I would have liked. How much of this self-criticism is from perfectionism, I wonder? Well, that felt a bit better. Maybe I will go take that shower, and brush and floss. And read a tiny bit of my new Sun magazine that I noticed in the MOUNTAIN of mail I haven't yet had the courage/time/hutzpah to look at (except I noticed that nice black and white photo - oh good, a "new" Sun).

[ailbhe]

When I'm sick I can't tell whether I'm stupid or not. I look at things like posts or comments I'm writing and they seem either totally reasonable or really dumb, and the judgment I make seems to have no connection with the judgments I'd make if I were well.