What do you consider a window?

[[Je...]]

My definition is I feel better than the usual crappiness.  I'm not as depressed or anxious...I feel better for some undefined reason.  I DON'T feel completely back to normal, I just feel better.  Does this make sense?

[[ea...]]

Hi Jerryk,

I never had a window but from everything I have read, people say that they "just feel normal" for a while. Personally, I think its however YOU choose to define it. Having windows does not mean one isn't healing, however. I got kind of stuck thinking that, and later I realized it wasn't true. Healing goes on despite symptoms, because our bodies are always trying to normalize.

east

[[th...]]

I ll let u know when I think I have one...

 

Grinch

[[Se...]]

I don't seem to realize and I "in one" until after. It's almost like I forget about all this and then, snap, wow, hey, I am doing OK!

 

One of my reasons why I felt ready to stop isolating so much and get out there, I find going out triggers windows even when I am simply forcing myself to fake it in the beginning. Hoping that happens for you eventually when the time is right!

[[Be...]]

My Windows never equal normality.

They just mean I don't want to die for a moment.

[[Bu...]]

I'm having a picture window today.  After 4 days of torture I was due.  Holla! 

[[th...]]

My Windows never equal normality.

They just mean I don't want to die for a moment.

 

That's one way to put it!

[Guest [ba...]]

For me, a window meant feeling significantly better for a while.

[[Je...]]

Right you feel half way decent for a few days....that's a window..

[Guest [ba...]]

Sometimes for mere minutes, but it's definitely noticeable.  I had one (many months ago) during a bike ride.  It was during a time when I was feeling pretty weak, physically.  Then, all of a sudden, I felt like I was strong, symptomless.  My pace picked way up for 10-15 minutes.  Then I felt tired again, and slowed down.  Not a very long window, but definitely noticeable.  I took it as a sign of things to come (and I was right).

[[Je...]]

Yesterday, I caught myself running contentedly out to the car, with tons of energy...seemed very odd.