My left ear didn’t function well
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Last a couple of days, I suffered from an intense growth pain.
Before I went to bed on Saturday night, I felt mild dizziness. When I stood up and walked to the bathroom, I had a hard time to make a balance. The next morning, I felt my left ear was blocked. I gave a yawn and swallowed saliva to open the ear, but soon I realized it’s not about atmospheric pressure. My ear didn’t function well.
I couldn’t hear through my left ear and had a hard time balancing. Also, whenever I lied down, I felt a swirl of a galaxy at the very core of my brain. I made myself calm and wait until the galaxy faded away.
It felt like the inside of my ear was swollen and was pressuring organs which control balance and perceive sounds.
Why did it happen?
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Last week, I pushed myself beyond my normal capacity. Writing, reading and video shooting. Everything was due on Friday, so I pushed myself too much. Friday evening, I felt my brain was exhausted, yet I felt really good. I stretched my capacity and could finish everything as planned.
And Saturday morning, I ran my long run – 8 miles -. I felt extremely tired after running. I took a nap twice. One in the morning, one in the afternoon. Then, in the evening, I started feeling dizzy from inside of my brain.
On Sunday, I realized the inside of my ear was swollen. Even though I didn’t have any pains, it felt like I put an earplug. All sounds around me felt like vibrations traveling my skull. I couldn’t hear a clear sound. When my wife spoke, I instinctively looked at her lips. Whenever I stood up, it felt like somebody shook me up like a snow globe. I had to wait until all the glitter in my brain falls down.
I had a mixture of emotions. Scared, frustrated, depressed, and humble.
How did I recover from it?
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I trusted myself. It just happened because I overworked. So, I took rest. Actually my body forced me to take rest. Whenever I lied down, the uncomfortable galaxy appeared. Monday afternoon was the worst.
In the evening, I could feel that sounds traveled through my left ear. I was so grateful. My heavy emotions disappeared. I felt I was recovering. Before we fell to sleep, I smiled at my wife and whispered, “I was really tired today. I will tell you later how tired I was.” I was hopeful enough to say a joke. She laughed. I won’t tell her what I experienced until long enough time passes.
Now, it’s Tuesday. My left ear was almost -about 90%- normal. My brain feels still tired. But it’s just normal tiredness. The experience I had last two days was a warning to me. If I don’t listen to my body again, I will have a serious problem.
A good thing is that I became more sensitive after the growth-pain. I can feel vibrations around me more sensitively and accurately.
