I don’t have to feel or think perfectly to thrive. I have a bipolar disorder and I know certain symptoms persist but I ignore them and realize it is my brain tricking me.
People who are older understand this perfectly. Their mobility may have become limited and also have other diminishing illnesses but that is okay. You do your best and you do not complain.
Sure every disturbing thought of mine can be extinguished but at a heavy price: I no longer would be able to function at the drug regiment that would accomplish that.
I just know my subconscious can annoy me with disturbing thoughts that make me anxious but so what. I do take the meds that lower this threshold.
I refuse not to do the things that I enjoy simply because my brain (or subconscious) is not totally cooperating. I still do what gives me pleasure as much as I can realizing fully there are times it will be more difficult to do certain things.
At certain times I avoid crowded areas particularly restaurants fully aware that in certain states it will be more difficult to deal with my thoughts but If I have to go out to dinner I just go.
Somewhere your personality can be found in that “book” some psychiatrists use but so what. Every person is different and flawed. You (and other people) simply have to accept that.
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The highlight of my day is ten o’clock in the morning when the mail gets here. Of course, Sunday there is no delivery. Sometimes (and often) it is just a bill or junk mail but once in a while I get something more personal like a letter from a friend. Some junk mail is more interesting than others. Some is simply someone who wants a contribution. Sometimes I may get an CD I have ordered or better yet a book. After the mail gets here it is all downhill. The mail is always the highpoint of my day.