Introvert Talks - How Optimism Carried Me Through Illness

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"Introvert Talks" is meant to be a new initiative or theme, where I myself as an introvert, just talk about reflections and thoughts about my life, or maybe share more personal stuff. :)

This is my weekly post under this "Introvert Talks" theme and let's see where it takes me and us.


I haven't been talking to myself for more than 2 weeks. Oops.

Just about a week ago, I felt unwell. I was at the gym exercising, and long story short, I started feeling dizzy. I stopped and rested for a while, but it somehow worsened and I started vomiting. It got so serious to the extent that a gym staff had to accompany to the A&E (Accident and Emergency). I received a jab to relieve the dizzy symptoms and fortunately, all the checks were okay, so they released me to head home. The jab made me so drowsy and I slept all the way from 1800h in the evening all the way to 0900h the next morning.

This year for me has been a little more unusual in terms of the number/frequency of my health-related checks and issues. Maybe it's just a function of age, but hopefully it's more of an anomaly. Ironically, I wrote a post on Hive about how I wanted to place my focus this year on my health and have actively doing my evening walks, increased my gym visits, and even spent some money to sign up for personal training sessions.

They say a picture speaks a thousand words. And indeed, my average daily step count tells the story. Year to date, I have clocked in 8,242 steps per day. This is higher than daily step count in 2024 (7,270 steps) and 2023 (7,373 steps). The difference might just be about 900-1,000 steps per day but when you multiply across the weeks and months, it's actually significant.

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Anyway, friends who heard what happened to me thought I might have over-exercised or over-exerted myself. Oops. I was given 3 days of sick leave by the doctor and throughout the period, even though I was physically unwell, I was in positive spirits and was mentally in a good space.

Today, I am feeling okay. Reflecting back, I am not sure where I found this level of optimism and this level of mental strength back then to stay positive and tell myself that everything will pass and everything will be fine in a couple of few days. Again, I wonder if this mindset or mental strength comes with age/maturity because I don't think I was so optimistic last time.

And on hindsight, especially after this minor health scare, I learnt that being optimistic about things and life in general, even in bad times, can be so important. And I think that's also a reason why I was able to recover fast and bounce back to get on with life. Finally, I am definitely also very grateful and thankful of the people who have showered me with care and concern as well.

At the end of the day, even though I might not be some psychologist or life coach, one thought that I always instil in myself no matter what (adverse) situations I am in, is that "everything will be okay". And that has helped me a lot in recent years.

Just sharing my little personal growth story, so thanks for reading! And cheers to good health everyone - ordered this root beer for dinner the day after my sick leave ended! :P

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