Management of The 'Real World' is no longer a Private secret

Activities - Friends & Relatives - Travel

Any work inevitably to be considered really carefully. It seems a common pattern with CFS/FM sufferers that we take on too more in a flurry of work once we have a little extra energy only to crash afterwards. Despite evidence of several optimism in this behaviour, it is not helpful - we generally lose importantly more in the crash than what we gained in the activity.

This is an area fraught with emotions and expectations with great potential for misunderstandings - if there were weaknesses in relationships before CFS/FM they are bound to be further tested by this illness. If bonds are strong and honest openness is the norm then little may change. We are talking human nature here, so do not expect folk to behave as you would be will or even as as you predict!

Simply acquiring there can be wholly exhausting. If you arrive to find that your room is unsuitable for sleep, chemicals are wide used, food served is full of preservatives, and your host has a full societal calendar organized you are in for a really rocky experience!