Do the symptoms worsen when your physical health is not up to par?

[Into The Light]

i just wanted to say i have read your thread but haven't had the chance to respond properly just yet. will try tomorrow. in the meantime take it easy :flowers:

 

[Fiver]

Aw thanks, ITL..that's very sweet. But you know, I'm really okay. I think it's beginning to sink in that there will be days, and there will be certain extraordinary triggers, that will make things exceptionally difficult at times. If I can remember this and accept it as just part of the recovery process when it happens, I think I'll one step forward in, uh, somethingorother.

It is immensely helpful to know that I've got an outlet on this board. That kept me sane yesterday morning...I'm very grateful for that. Feel better, okay?

 

[Into The Light]

Asking my friends for help is hard...it's hard enough to ask you guys for help, but you make it easier because you've been where I am and you understand.

asking for help is hard, i think, for most people. but for me there are times where there is just no other way to get through, and i suspect it can get like that for others as well.

I also need to cry. I really, really need to cry, to sob, and I rarely allow that to happen.

crying is good. it's hard when you're not used to it. being in the middle of it sucks. but when you get through it to the other side, you will have released some of that pain, grief and sadness.

Crying alone feels even more empty.

you don't have to cry alone. you have your cat. but you also have Pat The WonderTherapist.

My body is telling me to sleep and I'm letting it boss me around for once.

way to go! i'm going to actually do that myself after i finish writing this post

Aw thanks, ITL..that's very sweet. But you know, I'm really okay. I think it's beginning to sink in that there will be days, and there will be certain extraordinary triggers, that will make things exceptionally difficult at times. If I can remember this and accept it as just part of the recovery process when it happens, I think I'll one step forward in, uh, somethingorother.

it's the remembering that's the tough part. i just went through this myself over the weekend. it felt unbearable, and like i couldn't cope. but somehow, i did (don't ask me how), and it got a bit better, and then today brought me my own psychologist who said a lot of things that have made such a difference and were healing. i am back in that good place that i was in for a while

It is immensely helpful to know that I've got an outlet on this board. That kept me sane yesterday morning...I'm very grateful for that.

same here. if it wasn't for this board, i don't know how i would have coped the other night. my despair would have increased ten-fold.

Feel better, okay?

i am already. thank you :hug: same goes for you.. take care of you, your mind, body, and especially your soul. it will get better fiver. just keep hanging on to that belief, and when those moments come where you inevitably won't believe it, let us know, so we can remind you for you.

i would add another hug smiley here but i am only allowed 4 smileys and they've been used up already! so i guess this will have to do: (hug) (smile)

edit: i forgot to mention that in the past whenever i got sick it would make me feel depressed. just not feeling well physically really brought me down, i think because physical illness reminded me of discomfort, pain, suffering and those things i strongly link to depression. so it is not surprising that being sick is making your symptoms worse.

 

[Fiver]

Really, I think I'm going through a learning process, a realization that these are things which will pop up and bite me in the ass at times, and I need to be prepared. If I understand that this may happen when I least expect it, I'll be better equipped to handle it when it does. Like you said, it's remembering these epiphanies that is the hard part.

Sleep well.