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Relationships: How do you form and maintain them when ill?
Just Want to Talk | Last Active: Sep 14, 2023 | Replies (76)Comment receiving replies
Great questions.
They occupy my mind every day. I can count on one hand the number of people I might see in a week. Most likely one of them will be a doctor.
I am basically a very social person who has become a recluse. We all want relationships but have no energy or ability to maintain them. You have to be able to give of yourself in a real relationship, and I have so little to give!
Your questions resonate with me. But I'm sorry to have no answer.
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I don't know if there are conclusive answers to these questions. Sometimes, asking the question and pondering over it is enough.
Are you able to do some "light" socialising?
I am very introverted, and that makes things worse because on the days when I have a bit of energy to, for example, go out for a meal, I would rather get the food and eat it at home. This does not help matters.
I like the cup theory: we each have a finite amount of ourselves (time, energy, care, love) that we can pour out to other people. What do you do if there isn't anything for you to pour into another person's cup, or they pour 20 gallons out for you and you don't have as much as half a gallon?