We all know my accomplishments. I got better. I had the guts to stay and tell people they can too. Those are positives.
Didn't do any good did it. People believe what they want to not what they need to, that is not a positive.
I changed my life to fit CBT not tried to make it fit my life. Life as I was living it was the problem, why would I want to keep it unless I preferred to be miserable. You can paint an outhouse but it is still an out house. If you want to do something different with an outhouse it is going to take a lot more than just paint. I didn't paint my outhouse, I moved it back and filled in the hole. It isn't an outhouse anymore so I can't revert to using it as one.
As for accomplishments, I have one more. I'm content with my life, crappy as it is. That is an accomplishment few get.
And I will admit it isn't every day but then whose really is.
I know this is not what you wanted with this post Red so here are a few of my other accomplishments that go along with my new freedom.
I can go to the library half blind and gimpy and not freak when they offer me help and a chair.
I can go to a store and know that if I slip on the wet floor and fall they will help me.
I can make fat jokes and old fart jokes and still feel good about myself.
I can lose a day due to meds and not panic.
I can do things I shouldn't by being careful as I can knowing my limits and accepting this.
I can do more than I thought I could.
I can watch it snow knowing I might not be able to get to the car.
But the biggest is the hardest.
I can forgive and forget when I get hurt.
Oh, and I can drive. I can drive anywhere now.
Davit