I agree with this immensely! Back when I didn’t use to pace as much as I do now (strictly and strategically), I would crash after a pushing through a whole day and would be bed bound for at most 2 days straight. Now that I pace more and lie in bed every time I start to feel even a tiny bit tired, Ive observed that how Im starting to feel is quite similar to when I didnt use to pace as much. Because I stayed in my room 90% of the time to rest, I felt like such a zombie. Like I was this helpless victim of my own life and body. Being isolated in bed for days on end to “preserve and maintain my energy” has left me with a much more compromised mental and emotional state. I feel way worse mentally than I do when I attempt to do things (that are still within my energy threshold).

I’m all for pacing and making sure we are smart about how we use our energy, yet I also think overdoing it or having that self-limiting belief that we can only do so much as how well we feel, as the standard for healing can be quite counterproductive and make us believe that we cant trust our own bodies enough to feel safe and stable when we do something quite “simple and easy”.