A Fashion Blogger With M.E – Temporary Paralysis
For the next post in my Fashion Blogger With M.E series, I wanted to cover something that plays a huge role in my life and that’s temporary paralysis. To a lot of people, it can be extremely daunting and scary for them to experience someone with M.E going through this, as they can feel completely helpless, so I wanted to explain a bit more about it and share everything I can on the subject so that it can be helpful to anyone out there suffering with M.E or anyone looking after someone who is going through it. Not everyone gets this as a symptom, but a lot do and it’s one of the scarier and harder ones to handle. What is temporary paralysis? This is literally where your body shuts down and you can’t move. The only way I can explain it would be very similar to a coma in terms of your body being completely lifeless, but your mind is fully alert. You can’t move anything, you can’t even keep your eyes open or move a little finger when it’s full blown, but your brain is perfectly awake and this is extremely frustrating because you want to move, you want to speak, you want to tell someone you are ok, but you can’t. You can’t do anything. But… it’s temporary. Why does it happen? For me, it usually happens after I have exhausted myself too much and have done too much. This can be many hours before and you don’t really get a warning until later at night. I think your body gets so exhausted from doing everything before…