Mark

[Guest guest]

How are you feeling? Better I hope. We have talked on here several

times before how having a chronic condition can cause us to run a

gambit of emotions. We will often feel mad, sad, why me,fear,

denial, and acceptance, at varying times in our lives. Your

feelings of anxiety is, maybe, a way of your mind and body telling

you that you have a stressor or fear that your not allowing yourself

to feel. Your using this anxiety as a way to break down the wall

that your mind has built to protect you from those stressors or

fears.

Ithink it is perfectly normal for those of us struggling with this

to feel that whole gambit of emotions. I can go from acceptance one

week to anger the next and depression after that; and yes, I do try

to make myself not be afraid. Its impossible to be strong all the

time and its normal to feel every emotion we feel. And its healthy

to face even it if its just to admit to yourself, your fears.

I dont know if that helps you any, its just how I feel, this week

anyway...<s>

> > Thanks Walt. I am starting to feel much better although I

still am

> getting these anxieties..not sure what they are about, but

hopefully

> they will pass soon...talk to you soon

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> > I hope this finds you and yours well

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> > Mark E. Armstrong

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> > Mark I hope you turn the corner on this soon. You are of

great help to

> > me. I really appreciate the articles. I helps me be more

informed

> > about my disease and makes it easier to communicate it with

my

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> > Walt -- Tacoma, WA

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