What If I Want to Exercise While Sick?

When Rest Isn’t Enough

I’ve been sick again.

Not dramatically sick. Not emergency sick. Just that low grade, lingering, frustrating kind of sick that doesn’t knock you out all at once, but quietly rearranges your days.

The kind where you’re technically functioning, but something feels off.

For me, that off feeling shows up as disconnection.

Because movement, at least the way I experience it, isn’t just exercise. It’s how I stay in touch with myself. It’s how I know where I end and the day begins. It’s how I metabolize stress, anxiety, and whatever energy doesn’t have anywhere else to go.

And when I can’t move the way that feels natural or good, even in small ways, I start to feel less like me.

This episode of my Body can started with a question that felt almost ridiculous to say out loud.

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