I needed a person for Lyme disease decompression, to help me sort the issues. My brain when it worked felt like it was going to explode from too much information. I wanted help talking out symptoms, treatments you name it. I needed a person, my person. Want Help Talking Out Lyme Disease Issues?
When I was really sick and I couldn’t read or concentrate. I would try to sleep and watch Gray’s Anatomy marathons. I liked the friendships portrayed in the series. In Gray’s Anatomy Christina talks about Meredith as her person.
Christina tells Meredith everything, all the down and dirty details about how she is feeling, pain anxiety mistakes. Your person is the one who you can trust to listen. Do you have a person to talk to about the stuff of living with Lyme? Someone who can help you with Lyme disease decompression?
As kids we used to call our person our confidante . A confidante is a person, that you can share anything pain, fear, trouble with and trust them not to share it with others. They hold space for you and your stuff and do the same for them..
“Just when we think we’ve figured things out, the universe throws us a curve ball. So we have to improvise. We find happiness in unexpected places. We find our way back to the things that matter the most. The universe is funny that way, sometimes it just has a way of making sure we wind up exactly where we belong.” Grays Anatomy quote.
Lyme Disease Decompression Confidante’s Role
My doctors and my therapists, my community are on my team, but I also consider my person part of my health care team. They help me blow off steam, call me on my BS when I need it, and most importantly keep me focused on recovery and support me making my best effort. Say things that matter to pick me up and dust me off. I write a lot about choosing a health care team, a group of people who support your recovery journey my best friends a charter members of the team. They have listened to me, helped me and told me what I need to hear, just when I needed to hear it.
Share a quote you needed to hear from your person whether they gave it to you or said it to you in the comments below.
Where can you find your person?
It can be really easy to get isolated when you are sick with Lyme disease. Many people loose friends because they are too sick to stay in connection. What should you do?
Your partner can be your person sometimes, but that doesn’t always work. They may have plenty to handle with their life and logistics of helping you get better. Support groups are filled with people who understand. They need more support than they can give. But there are also people who are balanced and want to help and be helped.
My friends helped me. Set up for your friends to visit, if this is too much you can’t clean your house or get dressed find another way to connect. Call or better yet do face time, a skype or zoom call. You can set up a personal skype or zoom call for free and you get to see and connect at a deeper level than a telephone call.
Don’t get isolated by Lyme disease, maintain relationships. Talk, share ideas for recovery, get referrals for help. Keep your person in your life to listen and help you with Lyme disease decompression and keep you connected to the outside world while you heal.
The purpose of this blog is to share and educate on Lyme disease recovery strategies. The information provided on this website is not a substitute for professional medical care, treatment or advice. All the material here is for information purposes only. Always share strategy and work with your health care team.