Chronic Illness & Pain: Why get out of bed?

This morning I woke as usual, with a headache on the right side of my face. It is like this every morning. Some days the headache is more, but usually it is the same. Lying in bed I feel almost normal. I don’t feel that my legs don’t work or that my energy levels are poor. All I feel is a headache. It is so tempting to just stay in bed and accept that as my life.

If I gave into this temptation, what would happen? For the first few days it would seem fantastic. After a while I would notice that the strength in my lower limbs has become less. Mentally I…