The first way is that it really messed with your masculine self image as the protector. Even though it's temporary it's till not fun.
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Another thing is that when it's a struggle to move around it's much harder to cook and you end up eating a lot worse because you end up buying cooked food. Wife tried to do as much as she could but she works too and has her own struggles. So your health takes a hit.
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Haven't really been able to get out in nature like I usually do and that's very difficult for me mentally. Not being able to work out sucks too. That directly hits your confidence and health which in turn also hits your mood and mental health.
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Really I've just been shitty at self maintenance. Missed a haircut and I look real Haggard. Lost a lot of weight and lost most of my progress on my body. It's been pretty much a total quality drop for me.
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Besides all this, I was on hydrocodones for a long while and that's very bad hormonally. I supplemented to help counteract this. Now I'm on a bupe patch taper and I'm pretty worried about withdrawals when I have to drop those next month.
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All this to say, it's hard to just keep plugging away and I feel like I've lost a lot of who I was to the injury and it's consequences. How many times do all my efforts at self improvement have to get reset? I'm so close to being through it. I just need to get like 15% better.
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Then, I'll be able to feel more in control and more like my old self. Y'all have been really supportive so thank you. I'm hoping this six month period of compounded misfortune will be followed by an upswing of positivity.
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Probably the one thing that would have helped me most would have been an extended stint of being off work to deal with the problems directly and constantly instead of having to navigate life with a handicap. But that wasn't available.
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After they shut this plant down I'm planning on taking a fee months off and living on unemployment and savings to try for a heslth reset. Current goal is to be walking and sleeping without pain by the first frost which is usually in November.
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That really is a shame but it seems like you're putting your best foot forward in trying to regain your footing. Those things aren't lost in you. Corniness aside, proud of you man and best of luck. Your e boys got your back!
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Thanks man these reassurances really make me feel good. Imagine what we could do if we all lived side by side. It would be glorious. It's just a matter of time til I'm well. Just gotta keep racking up days.
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Too true! In the grand scheme of things this time will hopefully be a blip on your timeline. Keep it king
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I hope so haha
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