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a year ago
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Not comfortable writing this, I'm not well.
About 3 weeks ago I decided to give my brain some rest because I tend to overstretch the time between vacations. In the meantime though this vacation has turned into sick-leave and I'm struggling out of a depressive episode.
My uncles wife got diagnosed with ALS (same disease as Stephen Hawking) several years back. The other evening less than 10 days ago my mother got the call from her brother “she is going to die today”. My own shock is one thing. How they felt, I can not even imagine. My aunt wasn't doing overly well in the first place, but a recent cold had weakened her so much that she chose the medical analogue to free death, which is apparently thing in special situations, I hadn't known that before.
Then there is also the disease my father has, which I am still coming to terms with. The fact that the others in my family assured me that everything that needs to be handled IS being handled, does help me, but it's not easy to pick up a routine.
I personally feel like I am estranged from my own passions, which is weak and not okay, but hey, that's the hurdle I have to take and work on overcoming.
Stay tuned, I work hard on not letting this paralyze me.
About 3 weeks ago I decided to give my brain some rest because I tend to overstretch the time between vacations. In the meantime though this vacation has turned into sick-leave and I'm struggling out of a depressive episode.
My uncles wife got diagnosed with ALS (same disease as Stephen Hawking) several years back. The other evening less than 10 days ago my mother got the call from her brother “she is going to die today”. My own shock is one thing. How they felt, I can not even imagine. My aunt wasn't doing overly well in the first place, but a recent cold had weakened her so much that she chose the medical analogue to free death, which is apparently thing in special situations, I hadn't known that before.
Then there is also the disease my father has, which I am still coming to terms with. The fact that the others in my family assured me that everything that needs to be handled IS being handled, does help me, but it's not easy to pick up a routine.
I personally feel like I am estranged from my own passions, which is weak and not okay, but hey, that's the hurdle I have to take and work on overcoming.
Stay tuned, I work hard on not letting this paralyze me.
Be there for your family to help support each other as they will help support you through this too