You are right, when the 🧠 changes significantly, the previous self can die (it happened to me). It is a specific kind of life experience, moving onward in life when your stored memories don't reflect a previous version of yourself, it's not you.

You make me wonder how things would be if our skills showed some way

I used to get sensory fatigue by the end of the day (among other things) so after work, that was it, I couldn't deal with more sensory input.

In the sense that you can't push yourself!

Feeling ill and not being motivated are different, if you can't work, that's how it is.

It's difficult dealing with your own symptoms & other people at the same time!

It should be easy to see! From my own chronic health issue, I've found people have a hard time with things they can't see & a hard time with chronic issues in general - in their life pain has a cause & it can be resolved. Not justifying it!

Lack of understanding when they can't see the symptoms.

It is OK to take a break

Sometimes older people know what matters!

I like working on multiple things at the same time (say during the same week) 🙂 Rotating through projects is easier than holding my 🧠 in one place until it gets tired!

I'm not submitting right now, so don't know if this is helpful, but I do spend time writing. I think most people who write don't necessarily sell much. I think many of us have to consider why we do it, and if we would keep writing even if we knew it might not sell or get accepted. Good luck!

I took news off my feeds - I can get politics when I listen to news other ways! It's nice to have a separate space for reading and writing.

I'm glad it helped!

Maybe write down a one sentence summary for each of the next 4 or 5 paragraphs and see how things are looking after that?