You Know You Have CFS When …

… you come back from the shops with everything, apart from what you went out for in the first place. — Liz

… hibernation seems like a really good way to live. — Liz

… you take your son to work but forget to stop and let him out before heading home. — Cheryl Pitts

… your husband tells everyone who may call “Tell my wife to write down the message word for word, then read it back to you” – or else they will never hear from us agian, because I forgot who called, what they wanted, etc. — L A Petrisek

…rush to a daughter’s concert hall performance after you get off work, that contains a lot of brass and percussion, and fall asleep and snore sitting up until the applause wakes you back up and you’ve missed her music performance. — Valerie J Peck

…sleep for 36 hours straight. — Valerie J Peck

…burn your nose in the cup of tea you made to wake up in the morning while sitting at the kitchen table. — Valerie J Peck

…fall asleep standing up against a cement wall outside on the dock for a cigarette break. — Valerie J Peck

…go to work and hear gasps when you take off your coat because you forgot to put on your skirt so you’re only wearing a half-slip instead. — Valerie J Peck

…put eyeshadow on one eye only and don’t realize it until you’re home from work that evening. — Valerie J Peck

…look frantically for your car keys for 3 minutes and find them in your other hand. — Valerie J Peck

…introduce friends at a home decorating type party and they have to correct you as to their real identity. — Valerie J Peck

…be driving along and suddenly have a “pause” so you have no idea where you are. — Valerie J Peck

…no longer need pj’s because you sleep in your jeans and t-shirt because you’re too tired to change. — Valerie J Peck

…enjoy a movie you saw 6 months ago because you have no recollection of having seen it before. — Valerie J Peck

…if you had one wish it would be to fall into a coma for 3 months. — Valerie J Peck

…it takes you six months to figure out and remember what name goes to what face at a new job. — Valerie J Peck

…you’ve drive a stick shift all the time and one morning you forget to step on the clutch when you start the car. Hello to back wall of garage and outside door track of garage! — Valerie J Peck

…you weep just because you’re so tired. — Valerie J Peck

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