Posted by ROO on December 11, 2002, at 12:26:31
In reply to Re: NO HOPE » Anna Laura, posted by Eddie Sylvano on December 11, 2002, at 10:19:35
Anna Laura--
I don't know exactly what to say about your post...but
I just wanted to respond because I've been thinking about
it all morning. It really struck a chord with me on a lot
of levels. I could totally relate to it for one thing. Sounds
a lot like me. Maybe we have the same thing, I don't know, but it
sounds very similar. I know what you mean about researching things on
the internet and it just bringing you down. I don't recommend that either...I
think it just makes things worse and makes you feel like there's no hope when
that might not be true at all. I don't want to believe that's true, Anna Laura.
Who are we to say what's true and what's not? We don't really know...even the most
brilliant doctors in the world don't know for sure. Even a brain scan doesn't prove
that something might be true FOREVER. Things can change. We can heal. The brain can heal,
and our spirits can heal. I've GOT to believe that or I'd do myself in. People with other
serious diagnoses such as cancer and so forth have healed....look at Lance Armstrong...
Maybe I'm getting on your nerves saying all this...I'm mostly saying it for myself, b/c your
post so strongly resonated with me and I've got to have hope.
There is one thing I feel like I know for sure....when it comes to disease and healing, there's an element
of mystery that NO ONE understands, and that people in seemingly impossible situations have managed to heal....
and I just wanna Bah Humbug any sort of dooming diagnoses like "apathy syndrome" that boxes someone up
and makes them feel doomed to a life of joylessness. Research and learn from it if you must, but don't give
up hope, but if researching it is just making you feel like you're doomed, I say stay away from it, it's just
dragging you down and making you feel hopeless. Maybe take a walk in the woods and smoke a camel under a tree
instead. Much Love, Roo
poster:ROO
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