For a long time, people thought I was exaggerating when I said I felt tired every single day. I looked normal on the outside, but inside, my body was slowly shutting down. I woke up exhausted, spent my days feeling drained, and went to bed aching all over. My joints hurt, my heart sometimes beat irregularly, and my mind felt like it was wrapped in cotton slow, foggy, and unreliable.
I kept forgetting simple things, like where I placed my phone or details of conversations from just minutes earlier. My colleagues joked about my poor memory, but it wasn’t funny. I felt like I was losing control of my own mind. It became so embarrassing that at one point, I avoided meetings because I feared I might forget important points.…CONTINUE READING
