Sarah Wilson has a post (or maybe a few) commenting on the
fact that wind is bad for stirring up “vata” energy and therefore exhausts the
adrenals. I think that’s why she recommends staying out the wind on her “thyroidy”
days. More here and here.
But here's the thing. Compared to Sarah (I know, don't compare) I can’t do what I want, when I want. I have a 2 year old boy who needs entertainment. Its not that easy to change plans and stay inside.
Generally, my needs have to come second when he is awake. Time for myself happens when he’s sleeping. I also make the effort to schedule in baby-sitting for me time each week, but I can't predict when its going to be windy or when I am going to have a "thyroidy" day (ie, when I'm simply not in the mood). So I have to push through until the next break comes.
The thing that made me really think about this was Sarah’s recent "I ate sugar" post. It was a lovely post. She shared and embraced her vulnerability publicly which is so important to show other
women that they are not alone.
But there is one thing Sarah said that I have
stuck in my mind- that she sat under a tree for 2 hours to recover from
the sugar after-effects.
How many people can do that? I can't. I can sit down for only about 10
minutes and there is probably someone little (but heavy enough) crawling all over me while I’m doing it.
I think my inability to sit under a tree could be the reason for my current "lapse". Instead of Sarah’s experience of having a “lapse” but then recovering
over the rest of the day, I have a lapse and I’m back on the sugar roller
coaster for good. It keeps going for days and days and only gets worse.
I'm back on sugar now. And I have so much of it too. Box after
box of chocolate biscuits and pastries and chocolate and ice cream. Its not a
lapse. Its a very serious addiction and
problem. But I don’t have time or space or opportunity to sit under a tree and
deal with it. Instead I just reach for more and keep on going. In the wind.
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