Hubris

In Ancient Greek hubris referred to actions taken in order to shame the victim, thereby making oneself seem superior. Today it means exaggerated self pride or self-confidence, often resulting in fatal retribution.

I don´t know if I am suffering from constantly hubris, but I am starting to wonder. When I feel alright, I act as I would be fine, and do things that comes back to me a few hours after.

Take for example yesterday. I felt great - almost no pain and my body was like a feather I could do anything with. So I ran up and down some stairs a little bit too fast, until my colleage asked my if I knew hubris.

Just a few hours after I could feel it. I was hardly able to put my left feet down, and I could feel the pain all the way from the back, down my thighs and all the way to my ancle. The only thing that helped was to lie on the floor. And today I had to go home from work after an hour, simply because I was unable to sit or stand.

Oh, greek tragedy.