[redleggedfrog]

That mentor was very, very wise. I've had the same thing happen to me twice now. It happens outside the realm of career as well. For me it was a baby in the NICU and the rest of my life still needing serious attention as well. Something changes in your brain maybe. It's sad because while often 'stamina' will gain you things, this feels like a loss without a gain.

[zellyn]

How did you recover?

[robotresearcher]

Baby in NICU has as the best case outcome that you go home with a baby. So you get to recover by ... having a new baby at home. We were tired for maybe seven years.

[jackvalentine]

I feel this. A year of horrors such as surgery before their due date and constant re-admissions even though they haven’t been an inpatient for a year now I still mourn the person I was before.