Fear
Anybody else having this problem? I am disabled. I am afraid of starting anything. There's the painful lack of attention span, fear of failure. I used to be pretty brave and fearless. Back in the day I entered pageants, had plastic surgery to get rid of fat on the sides of my knees, also entered a contest at work and won becoming "the voice" of the company so when you called in that was my voice telling you to press one for ... Department. I have an interest in trying voiceover work. Whats stopping me? You guessed it fear. Will I be able to drive to where ever The studio is located? Will I have energy to do it. Will anyone want me? I sit in my home playing games on my ipad and looking at beautiful cat posts on facebook. That is my average day. Once a week I walk across my backyard to my 87 year old neighbors house to visit with him. He still drives! So do I but he is 87!!! That is awesome! i just turned 51. New things just seems SO HARD. I get exhausted just thinking about trying something new. I am here all day why can't I learn a new language, oh right painful lack of attention span. Is anyone aware of a fix for paralyzing fear and if its not asking too much I will add lack of attention span.
Thank you for reading this.
@mo5us13. aw hon, that is so hard! But I hear what you are saying. I am 53 and new things are hard to learn as it is but when we have issues it is harder. I can't drive anymore and my husband drives me around. The best thing I do myself is to challenge myself to do something. Have you ever used the taxi service in your town? We have many individuals in town that started taxi services at very resaonable prices. The 1st time is the hardest. Voice over? Wow that is something perfect you could do. Maybe check out how you could do something like that at home or at one or two sessions. You should watch a movie called "In a World" very cute and it is about someone that does voice overs. Everything is doable if you set your mind to it. Dont give up and let ms win and take over your life.
It sounds like you are having a problem with anxiety which is fairly common with MS. Talk to your neuro about it and try some meditation or listening to some meditative music. Hypnosis may also help, I got some help from it years ago when I was overworked and stressed. I will have a anxiety attacks once in a while, usually I get freaked out and think I am dying that minute. I realize what is happening and I take deep slow breaths and calm myself down and it passes. I feel kind of silly afterwards that I had such crazy thoughts. I hope you figure it out. Potter