I did this for a short time in the first confusing couple of months and it did me no good at all. Not doing anything and just existing during the day meant I hardly slept at all, and consequently felt worse and worse. You do need to break the cycle and start doing things, even if those are only mental efforts, or the CRPS pain just dominates everything. I too have a supportive husband, they are worth gold bless 'em, but seeing us that down when they can't do anything hurts them deeply and they cannot tell us because they fear the CRPS too... Well done for going out, I know how hard it is to just leave the house some days! Just try to do something small every single day...

My main lifesaver was just mentally resolving to get up out of bed every morning at 8 o'clock! I get up, shower, dress and go downstairs. I might not be a whizz during the day, but just being up and dressed feels like a big gesture of defiance. Mentally, it's helped me more than anything else. From there I find myself things to do, I potter when I can, and just feel more like I'm in the human race again I do sleep most nights now, and most days I find something to laugh at. Me sometimes, but hey, I'm not picky

I think the truth is that although we do find ways to pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off and look ahead in life, human nature means that the loss of our former life is always there, somewhere in the background... If we manage to keep those thoughts small and locked away then good for us, but like me when I started this thread, you do have the odd dark day where you just can't do it that day, and the dark stuff tumbles out. I hadn't had a day that bad for months, but when it came it was overwhelming, and I felt so alone I cried out into the darkness.....and you all answered...

Thanks guys.

Bram.