Posted: 9/3/2011 8:41:50 AM EDT
 Im 100% service connected. I have good.days, so so.days, and.miserable days. When i feel like shit, and.do.not wish to become a casuality. (passout, fall, puke, stagger, etc. basicaly become a public spectical, why do my falimy members not.just fuck.off and leave me alone? Instead they all.act like im purpously trying to.ruin thwir trip. wTF? I dont expect sympathy, or help, but.is.some understanding too much.to.hope.for?
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Fell like shit. Suffer severe nausea and dizziness. Family tried to drag me to amusement parks. Boat rided and other shit not good for my condition. They act like im faking umtil i do pads out and or puke. Rinse repeat. Next time tell then to enjoy themselves while you relax. When they get back ask them if they enjoyed themselves. When they respond with 'yes' tell them to remember that next time they try to drag you anywhere. |
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Im 100% service connected. I have good.days, so so.days, and.miserable days. When i feel like shit, and.do.not wish to become a casuality. (passout, fall, puke, stagger, etc. basicaly become a public spectical, why do my falimy members not.just fuck.off and leave me alone? Instead they all.act like im purpously trying to.ruin thwir trip. wTF? I dont expect sympathy, or help, but.is.some understanding too much.to.hope.for?My family does that sometimes when I'm coming off night-shift, am jet-lagged, and feel like total sh*t. I try not to snap at them, but don't always succeed. |
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Fell like shit. Suffer severe nausea and dizziness. Family tried to drag me to amusement parks. Boat rided and other shit not good for my condition. They act like im faking umtil i do pads out and or puke. Rinse repeat. I feel bad for you for that. Severe dizziness is some miserable, miserable shit. |
| Try to find a way to communicate clearly, such as using a 1 to 10 threshold. Then they can understand the days that are better and make the most of those particular days so you can still be a part of their lives. Many people live with chronic pain that others will never understand, but it doesn't mean you can simply "check out." Just because one .gov agency has said you are 100% disabled, you can still enjoy a wonderful life. You'll just need to spend more of it alone, on the worse days. |
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Sit them all down and explain what your abilities are and are not, encourage questions, and remember they are never going to know what you are going through but they can learn more. This, and try to establish some rules surrounding your interaction with them. Explain that it's not going to be a free for all, that they're going to have to follow some basic guidelines. When you say "no go", they piss off. That's the rule. If they don't like following the rules then, to the best of your ability, impersonate Walter Sobcheck. 
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Try to find a way to communicate clearly, such as using a 1 to 10 threshold. Then they can understand the days that are better and make the most of those particular days so you can still be a part of their lives. Many people live with chronic pain that others will never understand, but it doesn't mean you can simply "check out." Just because one .gov agency has said you are 100% disabled, you can still enjoy a wonderful life. You'll just need to spend more of it alone, on the worse days. +1 Sometimes a man just needs to be left alone. 
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