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From: Liz.Petry@f316.n398.z1.fidonet.org (Liz Petry)
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Date: 27 Jun 90 20:22:01 GMT
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[This is from the Chronic Pain Conference on Fidonet]

The main problem we have been discussing in the CPSG I am in is how 
"You look so NORMAL...How can you be in PAIN?"
 
I am burned out on this..  And, now there is a woman in our group that 
will have surgery this October..and body cast and PT..if this doesn't 
work..she is considering SUICIDE!  
 
There are occasions that I wonder...why did I survive those crashes?  
What does God want out of me to keep me around so long?  I try to keep 
an optimistic attitude as often as possible, but hearing what that 
woman said in the group the other day made me freak...she jumped down 
my throat and another woman's..all of the time..and I got tired of 
it...
 
SHE MAKES IT AS THOUGH H-E-R PAIN IS THE MOST IMPORTANT..and that 
NOTHING anyone says or does matters to her.  She won't listen, she 
refuses to answer except on her own behalf, and I am sorry, but I have 
enough of a time (as do you) trying to deal with our own lives..and to 
listen to this "stuff" doesn't help me.
 
This is supposed to be unconditional love...but, am I just selfish? 
Because I have to heal myself FIRST...
 
Please give me your insights...anyone else reading this can respond, 
also...
 
I hope you will answer....
 
Elizabeth

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