Hi RSD Me,

Please know you are not along with these feeling. I have had RSD since 2003 and am have the flare of my life after a minor incident in airport this past March on business travel. I have not been able to work since this incident and felt so horrible with pain and depression. I recently found NT forum and feel so thankful for the site.

As hard as we try to do things around the house, it is often not recognized the high price we pay for these activities. Weekends seem more difficult as expectations are high for accomplishing things on our to do lists. I have difficulty helping out with yard work, even the little stuff, but still try and silently push forward as RSD pain increases. It took 3 hours in bed on Sunday to recover from 30 minutes of helping hubby winterized our yard and garden.

Please show self compassion and self love, even if it feel awkward, as you are worthy of this and my thoughts and prayers go out to you right now. I have read your previous post and really hope you can just take a breath before you say sorry next time, especially if the situation was not your making. Stop by envisioning a big red stop sign in your minds eyes before berating yourself also.

I know this too will pass.

rain