I just want to go back and be normal again.
I want to be able to walk,I hate having headaches all the time and chest pains and panic attacks.
Most of all I hate people who look at me differently and thinking but not saying awful things.
Anyone else feel the same.
yes more than anything i wish to go back to normal but its gonna take some work just stick with it and have hope for getting better. its hard but try to think positive thoughts, it could help diminish your anxiety and panic attacks
It’s hard to be positive. I’ve retreated back to stay home from now on I get all my mail by email and grocery shop online and delivered. To hard for me to get around. 😥😓
Hi Jennifer,
My therapist said this to me and its think its really important to absorb. We, as people with anxiety, are sensitive and usually pretty smart or articulate. This world needs us to make things balance. You are not abnormal or out of tune.. you are who you are and that is a good thing. Ok, so you are more sensitive to anxiety and panic-- that makes you sensitive and more alert to other sensations. You shouldnt feel left out as a result and accept that you are part of society and an important part. So accept it and embrace it. You will be ok and we all hear getting through it day by day!
Thankyou
jennifer234, Are therapists still working with you? Both physical therapy and speech therapy. As difficult as it is to be positive, it's so what you need right now. Retreating back to staying home becomes too easy and before you know it you'll end up agoraphobic like I was for 5 years. Actually there was no reason to get out, like you said, everything can now come to you through on line shopping.
The thing that cannot come to us when we choose to stay in, is sunshine and fresh air (so your Vitamin D levels drop but more than that is the social aspect of going out. This is your life, how dare anyone stop you from living it. You may have to become "thick skinned" in order to handle the callous people in this world. You can't stop living because this happened to you.
Take a real good look around you, you'll see the people who have Cancer, those needing Oxygen, veterans with prosthetics, Blind people with canes or a seeing eye dog, People who have been burned or disfigured in an accident etc. These things not only happen to adults but children. Children who have CP, MD, and other disabilities that leave them wheelchair bound and yet they go to school, camp, work and even some live on their own. I guess what I'm trying to say Jennifer is that there is a world out there that was made for all of us to enjoy not just the ones who can stand up straight and walk and talk.
I don't think I could have been as strong as you have been. I'm learning from you as others will as well. I've seen a lot in my life that has made me feel ashamed of myself especially when I allowed my fears to keep me from living. I was just existing and I deserve and wanted more.
Maybe having some one accompany you for a while just so you have your attention on something else besides your wheelchair.. When fate takes one thing away from us, another part of us gets stronger and we learn to adapt. Believe, stay positive, stay strong. I care xx
I have stopped all therapy. I have lost this fight. Like I’ve said I’m not a strong person mentally. It’s not what other people say or think that bothers me,it’s that I agree with them I’m hideous joke.
I’m done. I given up. I’m sorry agora I’m lost cause.
I hate being scared
Is this normal?
Is this normal?
Is this normal?
Is it normal? 🤔
