Vulnerability & Shame - Speaker
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@kmakm,
Isn't it odd how we automatically say "fine" when somebody asks how we are doing. I was thinking of this Monday at work. Next to no sleep and my back pain at a level that walking was difficult for the first few hours out of bed. I walked in feeling a bit zombified but still every time someone said "good morning, how are you?". "Fine thanks" WTF I felt like crap.
@iserbrown, So we should be proud of muddling through this mess and the forum is a godsend. I don't think even counselling can cut it quite like talking to people who've been through it and come out the other end or are still struggling through the middle finding their way.
Love and thanks to everyone for their help, suggestions and a shoulder to cry on or whinge and vent to.
xoxoxoxo
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I had my 97th Herceptin infusion last week - 1st was Aug. 2011. It irritates me (which is a change from my initial fury) when people suggest they know the reason for my breast cancer. I have learned to reply, 'Yes, I've thought about that sometimes and I've come to the conclusion that there are just too many variables'. Then I change the subject. In bitch or feral cat mode I have heard myself say, 'Yes, we can never be certain, maybe it was a mis-alignment of the planets or maybe making mud pies with the sheep-dip powder did it!' (I grew up in the wheatbelt of WA).
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Oh it's a so and so when the "know it alls" start! Recently I offloaded a negative Nellie and I have to say goodness it feels good! Sad isn't it as I am tolerant of most and enjoy the company of most but this one was treating it like she was the expert and it was a competition.
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Thanks thanks for posting the Brene Brown Ted talk.....it was excellent...
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