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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
Hi Ginger,
Thank you for the kind words. I really enjoy writing. And I tend to write more when I ma busy and very active. The ideas come naturally, so does their development. I look forward to publishing my writing. If it achieves one thing only, I want that thing to be that we should bare ourselves more often and put our masks away.
I need to feel safe, it has to be a public place with open and easy access (not a restaurant in the woods or in a valley), I am not trying to get killed. I know how I want to die, and that is not it. Unfortunately, I understand my former therapist's point. I am cursed with having a brain that insists on exploring and completely thinking through both sides of the coin. I am that person who will disagree and argue out a point with myself for half an hour (lol). Her point was that yes, a person I don't have background information on can turn out to not be a good person, but so can the person that I have a lot of background info on. Also, that random person I don't know well could turn out to be everything I need, and perhaps more. I will never know, if I don't try. Also, a comfort zone is a wonderful place, but nothing grows there.
Are you on peritoneal or haemo-dialysis? Have you been on it since 2014? What is your average day like?
How do you cultivate gratitude?
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@buzz23 I am on daily peritoneal dialysis, just recently started my second year on it. Due to the underlying kidney disease, and my incurable blood cancer, I cannot be transplanted.
At this point, my average day consists of hooking up for dialysis session, dwelling those fluids and then draining them. It is not very comfortable to be doing a lot of physical activity while dwelling fluids, so that is a relatively "quiet" time for me. As energy levels allow, I work on various projects. There are a lot of things I want to do!
How I cultivate gratitude. Hmmm, that is a very interesting question. I share my knowledge about mental health struggles, chronic health conditions, and autism. So many people do not feel they have a support system, and I am grateful to those who have helped me out. In return, I feel compelled to pay them back by offering my experience, strength, and hope to those who may be in need somehow. It is important that we do not feel alone, and we are healthier when we come to understand that.
Ginger