Resting is being productive. Your body requires rest to get better. Ignoring your body’s needs is not helpful and will only drag your illness out. If you had a child or a loved one who was sick or injured would you force them to run around when they didn’t feel well? That would be abusive. Don’t do it to yourself. It sucks to be forced to rest when you don’t want to, but learning how to rest your body and your brain is a skill too and it’s ok to not be productive 100% of the time, in fact it’s not mentally healthy to have to be productive all the time.
Curl up in bed with a book and some tea.
Resting is being productive. Your body requires rest to get better. Ignoring your body’s needs is not helpful and will only drag your illness out. If you had a child or a loved one who was sick or injured would you force them to run around when they didn’t feel well? That would be abusive. Don’t do it to yourself. It sucks to be forced to rest when you don’t want to, but learning how to rest your body and your brain is a skill too and it’s ok to not be productive 100% of the time, in fact it’s not mentally healthy to have to be productive all the time.