Perhaps you’re running late to something, the morning traffic triggered some anger, or you read an emotionally-taxing news story recently. Ditto, ditto, ditto to all above replies...EXCEPT when asked by one of my bed ridden patients with MS. A common response to being humiliated is to want to hide, to sink into the ground, or to disappear. I see more clearly why he has done this and what I now need to work on. On the other hand, if someone I know well seems genuinely interested and not in a big hurry, I might be more forthcoming about how I am. . I drive my husband nuts because I tend to “make excuses” for peoples’ bad behavior. This way, nobody’s going to be whispering in the break room about what got under your skin or misinterpret that they were the ones who made you feel that way in the first place. “People don’t know how to react when someone isn’t doing good.”. The brain amazing reactions and possibilties. Let alone support groups for the general public to educate them about disability in general? Jackie, you sound like a really nice lady. Thanks so much for understanding. It worked i think. Does anyone know what I can do to get this peace?

I was friendly and thought she would appreciate it....she had nothing to drink. You take her nastiness and you put your head down and keep going," Theresa said. Understand the other person’s motivation. Consider trying to explain some of the paresthesias ! This isn’t so easy when your brain is frozen in horror and you just want to disappear. I avoid negative people like the plague.

When disability strikes a friend or family member they cannot totally ignore it, yet they are ill-prepared to offer the support and understanding required of them. After what seemed like an age, I put on my friendliest smile and said, 'Thank you so much.' She mocked and humiliated me and then blamed me for it. One day I said "excuse me, please do not yell in here. You could say, “Can I get on your calendar for five minutes today?” and then, when you meet, say something like “I know you didn’t mean to do it, but when you criticized me in front of the team, I was really distressed. They haven't perfected the ability to look away or look right through you as if you're invisible. Not when you’re truly enraged, but when you’re mildly irritated.”.

"I feel punky today" "I am tired and urpy today". Maybe it's better to get my connections in groups like this. But I have changed my response when someone asks how I am. And no need to apologize! After all, what can they really say that would be helpful, especially since each one of us would probably prefer a different answer?! I know I'd handled it badly and have agonised over it ever since. I read this article immediately after reading "Unloved Daughters: 7 Strategies for Dealing with the Wounds." When I should be gainfully employed in a country that i was reared in and went to university to in order to gain a good job. And as we’re seeing with the Weinstein case, one day your notes could be helpful; you might yet get a chance to be heard. Today I'm somewhere in between.". And you lose them as friends or family because they can't deal.

Emotions can be hard to define because they’re mostly invisible. We used to have the MS Walk in our town, but it has been taken because they need to shorten the amount of towns in our area that participate, due to funding. Lol yes lm involved in all 3, we even have "steroid buddies". I also have to say, alot of time, l just say fine how are you? The benefits of defining our emotions are pretty clear.

It was a horrible experience.