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Originally Posted by Dmom3005
Sorry I disagree that accepting we have to learn to live with this is something that will make us something less than whole.
I've learned to live with the things I'm dealing with.
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Originally Posted by Lucy
I wasn't saying give up and accept - but there is a "now" - if you don't accept the now you are missing out on a lot of life.
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Originally Posted by Lucy
I have learnt that the constant fighting against it makes you worse.
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Originally Posted by Lucy
I also know that I can never be the same person even if I recover all my missing "brain functions/cells whatever" as I have learnt so much from this already! I will never take myself and my abilities for granted again, I will be able to accept help gracefully - I now realise that people like to be able to help - people actually enjoy helping - I never let anybody help me before because "I could do everything and I knew everything" I was always the person that helped. I will also be less sarcastic than I was and will never be as critical - does it really matter if it takes a little longer to think of something?? I don't beat myself up if sometimes I can't think as quickly as I could in the past.
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Originally Posted by Lucy
I know I still have my talents - sometimes they hide from me - but they are there.
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I couldn't have written that better myself. You've captured everything that I'm feeling.