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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Is low-energy just code for lazy?[/quote]

From people I know, it’s either physical health (weight, thyroid, etc) or mental health. A few decades of depression, anxiety, and/or ADHD will really zap your reserves. You get so used to functioning that way it becomes your new normal.[/quote]

I'm a PP who stopped at one child and I'm active, high-energy as in energetic personality, travel a lot, work out a lot, very extroverted -- but I'll sometimes say I'm a "low-energy" parent bc I don't like kid chaos very much and it's more polite to say "low energy" than to say "not a kid person"![/quote]

I agree with this poster that being “low energy”is not always a clinical problem.

Some introverted and highly sensitive people need more quiet contemplation in life to feel normal. Some people become overstimulated easily from the touch and noise of babies and without breaks they’ll experience physical symptoms like migraines. Some people with creative practices (artists, musicians, writers) need to make time to create in order to feel whole, something that takes time, quiet, and brain space (all hard to do with babies around). Some people simply need more sleep than others to have a normal amount of energy.

These are neither clinical physical/mental challenges nor laziness. They’re just knowing yourself and what you need to be regulated (physically and emotionally) so that you can have the patience required for parenting. [/quote]

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