How to get over bad news..
I just had a call with an optician, got my driving license taken off me by DVLA 5 years ago and the optician today said the damage to my eyes had been done from optic nuritis 9 years ago and it’s just got worse.. it’s causing me every day walking problems etc and it’s really getting me down how do I shake off feeling like a complete write off
Hi, I've been asking myself the same question of late. Since my diagnosis in 2013 I have been battling on alone and repeatedly getting relapses, which have caused setbacks. I have (touch wood) nearly always made a 80 to 95 % recovery after the relapse but there is always something there to remind me of "what might be yet to come!). I've been referred for cognitive behaviour therapy (group) by my GP but now the course has finished I am still feeling "low". I have been referred now for one on one CBT which I'm hoping will help further. There is an 8 week wait for this though, so I have to be patient. What I feel I really need is to speak to someone who can pinpoint what exactly it is that has caused me to feel this way. (Hopeless, tearful, etc, etc) I'm starting to feel that I am suffering from the effect of severe grief. Not only the grief of my MS diagnosis years ago, but also the grief of losing both my parents (one at an early age, and one recently due to dementia during the pandemic). I don't have any suggestions to help you but I just wanted to reach out and say you are not alone.
@Underdog I’m really sorry you lost both of your parents and I shouldn’t be so negative as there’s always someone worse off then me, thanks for reaching out I appreciate it and I hope your not on the waiting list for too long x