Kirsti has worked hard all her life and has also run her own business. In recent years, she has felt increasingly tired and drained of energy, and in 2009 she went into the wall. She was on sick leave at 100% for three months.
"After that I didn't feel well, but I still managed to work. When you have your own business, you just have to perform, almost no matter what happens," says Kirsti.
She only had the energy to go to work, but was completely destroyed when she got home. She also had a lot of aches and pains in her body.
She went on like this for many years, working 50 percent and being on sick leave 50 percent.