I love having an inner person to ascribe these actions to and adopting the attitude that they’re doing their best. I’m no therapist, but I think mine would approve! 👊🏽 😏And I agree on the need for more humorous takes on illness. If you don’t laugh, you’ll dry up crying. Tig Nataro’s take on having breast cancer is in this vein. She had a standup routine that started with saying she had cancer.
Yes! I love Tig Nataro's take on things (and amusingly hadn't yet connected her medical humor to mine). It's a balancing act to face the hard stuff without pretending it isn't happening AND still see the humor in things, but hey - I feel like being raised Calvinist gives me a certain leg up. :-P
Thank you! It's endlessly fascinating to be living in this space where I'm not quite sure what works and what doesn't - mostly I just don't know until I try. I just had a doctor ask me about the side-effects of a medication, and although I could remember that I'd hated them, I drew a complete blank on what any of them actually WERE. There's just this little quiet space in my mind where that information would normally be. So weird!
I love having an inner person to ascribe these actions to and adopting the attitude that they’re doing their best. I’m no therapist, but I think mine would approve! 👊🏽 😏And I agree on the need for more humorous takes on illness. If you don’t laugh, you’ll dry up crying. Tig Nataro’s take on having breast cancer is in this vein. She had a standup routine that started with saying she had cancer.
Yes! I love Tig Nataro's take on things (and amusingly hadn't yet connected her medical humor to mine). It's a balancing act to face the hard stuff without pretending it isn't happening AND still see the humor in things, but hey - I feel like being raised Calvinist gives me a certain leg up. :-P
I hope this is as interesting/ entertaining / strange to you as it is to your readers. Thanks for letting us in. Again.
Thank you! It's endlessly fascinating to be living in this space where I'm not quite sure what works and what doesn't - mostly I just don't know until I try. I just had a doctor ask me about the side-effects of a medication, and although I could remember that I'd hated them, I drew a complete blank on what any of them actually WERE. There's just this little quiet space in my mind where that information would normally be. So weird!
You are amazing. What good ways of describing your challenges! I hope you’re able to train this dingbat. Living like weasels in NYC.