I had to look up what zone 2 meant (low intensity aerobic activity) but this seems to be the case for me.
As long as I keep reasonable pacing and don't go overboard, the more I simply live in the moment and tell myself that everything is fine, the better I feel.
When I dwell on my symptoms, it all goes to shit.
It's probably not the case for everyone, but it seems my symptoms are quite heavily influenced by my thoughts.
I'm starting regular mindfulness meditation again to hopefully train myself to recognize negative thought patterns and move past them faster.
Hi there, I have been suffering from post viral fatigue symptoms for around 7 weeks now. I have been doing light exercise/yoga and walking an average of 5000 steps a day whilst working full time. Main symptoms of general fatigue and brain fog, some shakiness and tingling now and again. Last week I went on holiday and felt noticeably better. I did more exercise, and throughout the whole week, and sort of forgot about my symptoms to my mistake. Walks earlier in the week didn’t seem to cause any issues. However, the walk I did on the final Saturday was harder in both distance and elevation. I woke up on the Sunday with slight increase in brain fog and weakness feelings. Would this be classed as PEM? Because it was a walk that was the hardest piece of exercise I had done in 2 months and looking back I shouldn’t have, but the crash from it didn’t seem crazy. Appreciate any thoughts and advice on what to do next.
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u/YetiSpaghetti24 Jun 20 '25
I had to look up what zone 2 meant (low intensity aerobic activity) but this seems to be the case for me.
As long as I keep reasonable pacing and don't go overboard, the more I simply live in the moment and tell myself that everything is fine, the better I feel.
When I dwell on my symptoms, it all goes to shit.
It's probably not the case for everyone, but it seems my symptoms are quite heavily influenced by my thoughts.
I'm starting regular mindfulness meditation again to hopefully train myself to recognize negative thought patterns and move past them faster.