Hello

Can someone please help me understand why I can't seem to handle stress? For the last three months I have not been working because the work stress was too much for me to handle. So I have been feeling good lately because mostly my days consist of doing various therapies, walking, light gardening, laying in the sun, and other restful activities. Very low stress.

We have to transition out of our current home into a new one, and this past weekend we were moving some of our stuff to the new home. I wasn't actually doing any of the moving, but helping to organize and do some cleaning. I also had family in town and we weren't getting along very well.

So all of this stress combined seemed to turn me into a big ball of intensified concussion symptoms. The insomnia came back, and not being able to sleep just made everything worse. I also am now feeling very emotional and crying, which happened all the time earlier in my recovery. I feel like the weekend made me go backwards.

Why does stress make everything worse? Before my injury, I could handle things like this no problem. How am I supposed to go on living a life if I can't handle even the smallest stressful event?