Hello, everyone. Welcome back. My name is Mary Skinner and you're listening to Prologs.

I have a bit of a different episode for you today because I am sick. I originally had a different

episode idea for this week, had it all planned out and then I fell ill and I've been down for the

count for about three days and I just didn't have it in me to do that original idea. So I popped a question box on my Instagram story, and I said it could be about

anything, it could be girl talk, questions for me, situations you'd like a different perspective

on, anything, and that's what we're going to cover today. I have not been this sick in a while.

I usually don't get sick very often, and I've been sick three times this year, which I think is the most I've ever been ill in the span of one year, and I don't understand what's going on with me.

This, I think, I brought down on myself because for the last two or three weeks, I've been dealing with really unexplainable exhaustion and fatigue, even when I'm not doing

anything that warrants being fatigued afterwards. And instead of listening to my body and resting,

I was just getting mad at myself and I kept feeling frustrated by how tired I was. And I literally

would cry to Matt and I'd be like, I feel so lazy. I don't understand why I can't get more things done. I had brain fog. I was. And I literally would cry to Matt and I'd be like, I feel so lazy. I don't

understand why I can't get more things done. I had brain fog. I was just getting very angry at myself

for not achieving enough, not being productive enough. And I wasn't resting because I thought I didn't

have a reason to be tired. And because there was no reason, I wasn't allowing myself to rest. And then next thing

you know, I'm waking up and I have this raging fever. And it all makes sense. And looking back at

those two weeks, at the time I was wondering, am I depressed? Is this a depressive episode? Like,

what's going on with me? It's not usual for me to feel like this unless I'm depressed,

but I didn't think I was. And I just didn't, it didn't even occur to me that I could be

coming down with something. But clearly, I overran my immune system. And now I've been down

for the count for three days. I'm not sure when this is going to be over. I don't have a fever

anymore, luckily, but I still just have brain fog, exhaustion, sore throat, headache, like, I have swollen lymph nodes, all these

things. I tested negative for COVID, so I'm just assuming it's a very bad cold, but yeah, I just

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