Pandora- Reading your post made me feel just a little better. I coped with my trauma by putting myself through nursing school, working, putting myself through grad school, teaching nursing school...then the bottom fell out.
I used to be able to do SO much...and now I can't even fathom how I did it all. I feel like I used 50 years of energy in 10, but I still have to keep going. After working as a nurse for so long, there are days I do feel downright lazy. All three kids are school-aged and I don't work anymore.
I am trying to get to the point of accepting my limitations...but I am not so good at that.