Like other authors I am a watcher and a listener – it’s where we find inspiration for our blogs and stories. I am not naturally talkative, and tend to be content for the most part just to observe. I have always been this way, and in fact as a young teenager learned many things from sitting quietly occupied and letting adults talk all around me ( I notice my eldest granddaughter does this now, and it makes me smile).
So… there I was at the hairdressers today trying to read my Kindle (yes Christine Campbell, I have finally got around to reading ‘For What it’s Worth’!), but 3 other women sitting waiting for their turn were talking about how tired they were and how they even wake up tired (doctors call it the TATT syndrome – ‘Tired All The Time’). Each woman seemed to want to outdo the other one in tiredness as though it was a competition.
I had a little think and compared their lack of energy to the human dynamos which are my two little grandsons. They run everywhere and are bundles of energy. They only seem to eat bread, pasta and sauce, chocolate and ice cream, but they are on the go all day. I looked at these middle aged women and wondered when and why the body’s energy levels start to change from running and leaping about into the demoralising TATT syndrome?
My sons used to run everywhere – in fact I often had to run with the eldest one (who was hyperactive) around a race track to wear him out. Now he’s 35 he’s yawning a lot and looks forward to any chance to sleep. The other one is just the same at 32. Does life and work make them tired? Is it their diets maybe – too much sugar and saturated fat? My mother Dot often said that she was born tired, but I don’t remember feeling TATT at 35 and I don’t remember my dad ever saying that he felt tired either. I’m tired in the evenings, but get through the days okay unless I have a germ.
Do you have the TATT syndrome? The 3 women were yawning and it made me yawn as well, although I’d slept for a good 6 hours. I came out of that hairdressing salon feeling thoroughly knackered!
dgkaye said:
Tired? What’s that? Lol, I run on fumes. I guess I’m lucky because I function quite well on 5-6 hours sleep. But when someone yawns, it’s contagious. 🙂
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Stevie Turner said:
It certainly is.
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dgkaye said:
🙂
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Stevie Turner said:
Yes, when every autumn-time fell my mother always told herself and everybody else that she was depressed because winter was coming, and she was for months at a time – as depressed as depressed can be. I think it’s all a state of mind really. I like to tell myself winter is good because then I can get more writing done.
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franklparker said:
I think it might have a lot to do with boredom. Which, of course, we writer don’t have time for! And then there’s SAD. Once the sun finally decides to shine we will all stop yawning and start to appreciate the warmth of the sun and the colours in our gardens and those of our neighbours, public parks, etc.
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jenanita01 said:
I am trying not to have a guilt trip about all the work I am unable to do… but I know I must send these germs packing before anything productive turns up! Thank you for your good wishes, Stevie!
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Stevie Turner said:
Eat good food and rest. x
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jenanita01 said:
The appetite is returning at last…
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jenanita01 said:
During the last three weeks as I battled my way through one of the worst flu’s in living memory, I have discovered what being tired really feels like. Even now, I cannot keep my eyes open for long, something I neither want or need as my work pile has almost reached my office ceiling!
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jwebster2 said:
Sorry to hear about that, you’ve got email 🙂
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jenanita01 said:
Bless you, Jim!
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Stevie Turner said:
Hope you feel better soon. I had three germs in a row after Christmas and felt pretty rough all of January and February. Don’t think about work, just about getting well. x
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jenanita01 said:
Reblogged this on anita dawes and jaye marie.
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Stevie Turner said:
Thanks for the re-blog.
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jwebster2 said:
try the bread, pasta and sauce, chocolate and ice cream diet? After all if you keep moving you’ll burn off the calories so it’ll be non fattening.
A virtuous 1000 calorie diet when you’re tired and lethargic will probably be fattening because you will not burn off even the 1000 calories 😉
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Stevie Turner said:
Ice cream is one of the worst things I can eat because I’m dairy intolerant. I know, because I had to find out the hard way! Yes, I think if we keep it all moving it helps with the TATT syndrome.
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jwebster2 said:
perhaps you could try a decent scotch instead of the icecream, guaranteed no dairy but plenty of calories for you to burn off 😉
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Stevie Turner said:
Ooh yes I like the odd whisky and ginger sometimes – much better than ice cream.
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jwebster2 said:
go for it, it’s obviously a health food 🙂
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