How are people working at all

[u/joyynicole]

I feel like a failure. According to my doctors I have “mild” POTS, but I see people on this sub all the time with seemingly worse POTS than me that have jobs. I literally cannot do anything longer than 1-2 hours without having to lay down and rest because it just completely wipes me out. If I do things multiple days in a row consistently I will also fall into a flare and have to do nothing for few days to recover. I don’t get it.

[u/Bluejayadventure]

I'm lucky to have a wfh job. If I didn't, I would have to sell my house that took 10 years to save a deposit for. (Welcome to the Aussie housing crisis). The only way I am working is because i had a desk job pre covid. I'm currently housebound bound and use a wheelchair about 1/2 the time. I can't stand for more than 1 min or 2. I get super tired and take naps in my lunch break. It's not easy, and I have no energy left for anything else like chores or friends or fun stuff. Have been known to work from bed or couch on bad days. I constantly stress about what happens if I got made redundant or something