Posted by Dinah on October 30, 2004, at 14:00:25
In reply to Discouraged, feeling selfish, posted by Aphrodite on October 30, 2004, at 12:58:07
No need to feel selfish. We all give when we can. And we can't always. I've been living mainly in work-world lately and will be for a while longer.
Have you talked to your therapist about your concerns of opening something and having it only bring more pain, and no resolution? I don't believe anyone is beyond hope. It probably needs to be determined on a case to case basis rather opening the wounds is a good idea and only you and your therapist can decide that. But I don't think you can't be helped.
I don't have a history of abuse, but I have concluded that I have several conditions that will be with me for life, and that I have to live with. I get migraines, and I have some medication for that. I have diabetes, and I have medication for that. And I have problems with emotional integrity under stress, shall we say. I have medication and therapy for that.
It's enormously frustrating sometimes to have to structure my life around those things. But most of the time I manage ok. Is it really so bad to think of yourself as having a chronic condition, if it turns out that that's true? (I'm not saying it is, but looking at worst case scenario.)
What would you consider it would be like to be cured? And what would you consider it to be like to have a chronic condition that you can learn to manage as best you can?
poster:Dinah
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