I was at an appointment with my GP many years ago, fairly early on after my diagnosis. He said something to me about acceptance that at the time I thought was crap but he was absolutely right about it. We were talking about learning to accept the diagnosis, the depression, the disability and everything else that goes along with my particular CRPS experience. He said:

"If you think that acceptance is the same as giving up or giving in then you still don't understand what acceptance means."

I did admit to him some time later after I was further down the line that he was right!!