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Acceptance: Anyone have difficulty accepting new limitations daily?
Neuropathy | Last Active: Sep 3 10:54am | Replies (80)Comment receiving replies
When I read some of the comments it sounds to me more like denial. I work with my own attitude as to things that cannot be changed nor fixed. Attitude can make or break me.
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A no-longer-possible physical activity can be replaced by an intellectual endeavor. Anything is better than nothing.
Discovered that photographing new leaves being lit by the morning sun is almost as fulfilling as being able to run through that grass. Thanks for a piece of wisdom I wasn't aware of until I read your post.
My sister, who has MS, gets a lot of enjoyment from her horses. Her husband wrecked his motorcycle a number of years ago, suffering traumatic brain injury, and I'm sure that his horse has been a factor in the amount of function he's regained. We have ten acres, and friends have their horses on the place. They do all the work, while we get to enjoy watching them. We don't ride, but we like living in the country, with irrigated fields and livestock around.
Jim
Animals are gifts of God. We need to cherish and care for them. Then they care for us.
Attitude can tend towards passive acceptance or vigorous rejection of being conquered by a given situation. Actually the concept of "denial" may not be all bad. It's not the same as falsifying your resume, more like not putting it on the first line.
How about throwing the old resume in the trash and starting a new one☺
Yes, start a new resume, but not starring my disability or problems.
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I don't know if it's so much denial as learning to respect our own limitations. Sometimes you can cause a lot of damage trying to do things that are no longer physically appropriate for you. That said, giving up completely isn't the right answer either, so somewhere in the middle is the balance of keeping as active as you can without overdoing it so you feel worse.
@keeptrying, not sure what your limitations are but have you considered equine therapy if you like to ride? My cousin has MS and even when her condition was very severe (she was wheelchair bound in her 20's), she was able to do equine therapy. She considers it a big part of why she is able to walk today. Also, just being around the horses was really helpful because it kept her spirits up. For some of us, a dose of "barn smell" is what we need to feel at home again.
Best wishes to all of you for a safe and healthy New Year.