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I AM NOT A HYSTERICAL PERSON, MA'AM

The other night I was texting with my older sister when I sent this one around 9:35 PM: Alright, I’m going to bed.   I’m not feeling well. She latched onto that pretty quickly. First off, I’m a night owl so going to bed at 9:35 PM, even though I wake up every morning at 5, is unheard of for me.   Second, I hardly ever get sick.   I attribute that at least in part to my immune system being so strong because I’m like a goat—I’ll eat anything * —and my body has had to learn to overcome the challenges I’ve thrown at it.   (For more tips on how to maintain a healthy, balanced existence, subscribe to my life coaching page, linked at the bottom of this post.) What do you mean, not feeling well?   What are your symptoms? My sister fancies herself a nurse, so as I began to explain how I’d been feeling lately—light-headedness, shortness of breath, body really heavy, heart pounding hard like it’s working overtime, not being able to finish a workout—she told me, wit...