Want Ability Back

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  • #5925
    Julie86
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    Does anyone else get periods of time where they just want the ability back? Where you just want to walk across the fields again? Actually walk on your legs? I seem to have days where I miss the abilities I have lost due to the shrinkage in my small brain (cerebellum). I know I will continue to loose abilities as the years progress but it is missing the abilities that hurts more than loosing them.
    Anyone else get these emotions and feelings?

    #5926
    Kim73
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    Yes! Speaking for myself and from talking to other people I would say it’s very common to feel this, you certainly aren’t alone. I think a lot of people go through periods of accepting abilities we’ve lost and then other periods of really grieving them, and moving between those two. I know I do. Sometimes I feel like I’m really ok with not being able to do something any more and it doesn’t bother me, and all of sudden I really start missing it again and I don’t really know why or what’s changed. Sometimes there’s an obvious thing that triggers it like seeing someone else enjoying it or triggering a memory and sometimes it’s just out of nowhere. Buti do usually go back to accepting it again. I think it’s just quite a fluid process, it’s not linear and sometimes it’s much harder than others especially if you are struggling generally. Sometimes I find it helpful to find things I can still do that I really enjoy, sometimes I find it more helpful to just let myself feel the emotions and process the grief.

    #5927
    Julie86
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    I have been sorting through paperwork because it is something I can do. And I think coming across memories from times I could do was the trigger. But shredding old paper work is quite nice as I can imagine ripping people to pieces. So it is good and bad at the same time in one activity.
    I am glad I am not alone in missing abilities I had. It really ebs and flows like waves or bends and twists like water round a river.

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