janbear
06-13-2006, 12:30 PM
I am trying to accept others' lack of acceptance
With a broken leg, there is a cast. With an appendicitis, there's a bandage and a scar. With my dual disorder, there is no visible wound. So people often don't understand my pain and symptoms-for example, anxiety, depression, weight changes, or fatigue. They may not consider them real or legitimate.
Right now I am learning a critical lesson: I cannot change the way other people think or act. Fortunately, I can still get what I deeply need-certainly not from everybody, and from just anybody-but from my support group (a) understanding and acceptance of who I am; (b) validation of my problems; and (c) support for my recovery.
Today I will pray to accept myself and pray to accept the people who don't accept me.
From:Today I Will Do One Thing
With a broken leg, there is a cast. With an appendicitis, there's a bandage and a scar. With my dual disorder, there is no visible wound. So people often don't understand my pain and symptoms-for example, anxiety, depression, weight changes, or fatigue. They may not consider them real or legitimate.
Right now I am learning a critical lesson: I cannot change the way other people think or act. Fortunately, I can still get what I deeply need-certainly not from everybody, and from just anybody-but from my support group (a) understanding and acceptance of who I am; (b) validation of my problems; and (c) support for my recovery.
Today I will pray to accept myself and pray to accept the people who don't accept me.
From:Today I Will Do One Thing