You Know You Have CFS When …

… you interpret the phrase ‘you’re looking well’ as an accusation, not a compliment. — Elizabeth Polley

… your idea of ‘getting dressed’ is to change into another bathrobe. — Elizabeth Polley

… all your clothes can easily double as pyjamas. — Elizabeth Polley

… finding a clean T-shirt to put on means going through the laundry basket sniffing the armpits of each garment. — Elizabeth Polley

… a day of housework is hauling the vacuum cleaner out of the cupboard. — Elizabeth Polley

… you watch the midday movie over breakfast. — Elizabeth Polley

… the plot of Hogan’s Heroes becomes far too complex to follow. — Elizabeth Polley

… instead of replacing your old couch, you just put a bed in the living room. — Elizabeth Polley

… you have lost the remote control for the TV, but you find it later when taking some frozen vegetables out of the freezer. — Rich Urmann

… there is a big basket at the bottom of the stairs full of stuff waiting to go upstairs. — David White

… it takes you longer to get up the energy to go to the store than the completed task takes you. — sassyj

… you feed your pets, then sit down and try to decide if it is really worthwhile to get up again just to feed yourself. — Sandy Flake

… you cut off all your hair because you’re too stinking tired to wash/style it anymore. — Shyrell Melara

… you go to the store to get some cosmetics and write your check out to “Wallpaper” instead of “Wallmart.” — Sheri

… to unlock your car, you pull out a garage door opener from your purse, aim it at the key slot on your car door, click away, and then stand there in a stupor, wondering why the door wont open. — Sheri

… you decide that tap water is ok, because the gallon new jug of bottled water is on the floor and it’s still full. — Elsie

… you go upstairs to have a bath, only to realize the bathplug is downstairs … so you decide to have a bath tomorrow instead. — gossamer

… you continue watching Martha Stewart reinvent the brick because the remote is out of the hand grope area. — Christa

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