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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP I am so sorry you are dealing with this. My situation is different. My daughter has life threatening medical issues. I absolutely have to get exercise, get sunshine or at least fresh air and eat healthy every day. It is the only way I survive. The friend who shows up with icecream or wine cares and I have those friends, but I had to learn to advocate for what helps me. Just knowing they care helps. Don't bring the wine and tub of icecream. When I went that route I was unable to function because I felt so lousy.

Therapy also helps of course. Also, going back to friends, I made sure i appreciated and respected anyone who cared. Some friends will text now and then and that is lovely. Some will want to do anything and everything and that is lovely. Some need space for their own problems and may not reach out, but when things are going well you can just enjoy things and not get too deep with them. That is lovely too. Some friends mean well and say or do things that make you feel worse. I just appreciate the good intentions and spend time with those I find helpful.[/quote]

+ 1 This is beautifully said. I’ve dealt with a series of life-threatening medical crises at home over the last few years, and going for a walk was all the self-care I could muster on some days. And that was enough. I found such reassurance and comfort in knowing that whatever happened at home or at the hospital, I could always find the time and energy to go for a walk.

PP also captured my experience with friends” reactions perfectly. I described this series of crises as a trust fall, except you don’t know how far you are falling or whether anyone is going to catch you. Some of the people I expected to catch me didn’t. For their own reasons, they weren’t in a position to do that. Many people I never expected to were there for me and my family in ways I never imagined.

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