When Things Change

One day things are okay and the next thing we know there's a fall, a stroke, a death of a partner or parent. Accepting these changes aren't easy. Your life as it was is not the same, you may have to go through months of rehab, months of grief and readjustment to the loss. You may even feel blame for what happened. You may hold a resentment against the people who are caring for you. These life changes happen, and most times they are a result of health problems. The emotional impact of these changes are normal.

It is only when these negative feelings impact our day to day living that we might want to look at getting help. Help can come in the form of reading something, seeing something on youtube, asking AI for answers or talking to someone.

We may stay frozen for a time and not be able to do anything. We may not want to get out of bed, or talk to anyone. We may start getting real busy, and try to repress the effect of this great change, or we may want to talk about it but don't know who to talk to. We may think people don't want to hear about how you are feeling.

Hurtful changes are just that, hurtful. The changes impact our lives and we probably need to stop and process how we are feeling in regards to the change. That's a good thing. And there are friends who do want to hear what we are feeling. These are the same people who will seek you out too when they have critical changes. You do have the strength to go forward. I am here to encourage you.