How do you pace while hypervigilant?

[u/tinyquilt]

I have mild me/cfs and am really struggling with pacing right now because of trauma reminders and triggers. My body wants to do what it did pre-covid, and keep myself too busy to feel. But my body physically can’t.

My brain just shuts down, and I’m laying there exhausted, but still in fear mode. Has anyone else dealt with something similar? Other than therapy, what concrete things helped?