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a note to myself, I am human, so stop being hard on yourself


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In my long post stroke journey, I realised I tend to be too hard on myself for not able to do things perfectly or doing simple unharmful mistakes. for example right after my stroke when I was still adjusting to my new way of life, and not seeing things which is right there on left side of the counter because I didn't scan the table, I used to be so hard on myself, chatter in my brain will not hesitate to tell me oh I m such a looser for messing up simple things in life, well as I am growing in wisdom with my life experience, I am realising how wrong I was & hard I was & made myself unnecessary unhappy, now I am realising I was so wrong, I had never scaned whole table in my previous 34 years to start doing now but just because I didn't do it does not make me big failure. So wanted to tell all the survivors & caregivers who are doing something new with new limitations to not do the same mistakes I did & created unnecessary unhappiness.

 

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Asha, I may be wrong but once you visit with another survivor and see what they are doing and how they cope you will realize a few things where you are too hard on yourself!! Anymore we are not that perfect person we want to be! We have deficits around every corner we turn!! My eyes are like yours and I just imagine others are like us too!!

 

I get so tired to changing eyeglasses but the VA takes care of that problem with no cost to me but it takes a couple weeks for the glasses to get back to me!! But hey, we are bonafide handicapped people!

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Your are so right Asha, I think the stroke has given me blinders and that goes fo a crumb on my shirt or tabletop. I just have to let up on myself. I know God will help, so I think I will let Him!! Love you all even though I'm not around much. Leah

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Hi Asha: I am feeling down today, and its really because I am just tired! I do a lot of my own ADLs now to cut down on aide hours, and I walk about an hour a day, with supervision, so I'm going to feel tired. My recovery has been slow, but I don't have a lot of the problems some survivors have, so I should feel grateful--but I don't! Tomorrow is another day and it will be different. All the best to you. HenryB

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