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Originally Posted by cat1234
After reading Hopeful's last post, I feel selfish posting this since she is so concerned with how her family feels and all I want to do is end this.
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I just do not undertstand. Why me? Why us? When will this nightmare end? I find myself looking around at other people thinking I would o anything to be them-to be normal and healthy. Meanwhile my prayers go unanswered. As hopeful said there has got to be a reason for this....
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Most—if not all—of us have been through this—and more. I've accepted that the answers may never be found/known, and I'm concentrating more on adapting, taking better care of myself, and trying to enjoy what I still have.
A couple of things that have helped me move on are knowledge/understandings of some things we have in common—the
stages of grief (a.k.a.
Kübler-Ross Model)
as applied to chronic illness, and the
Vicious Cycle(s) of Chronic Pain (and one or more of anxiety, insomnia, stress, depression...)
Doc