Thank you for providing a dogging definition! Reading on the other side of the world, I thought you were referring to some sort of sled dog activity involving heavy snow, which would also be an ambitious MS activity :)
I definitely enjoyed reading this and I didn’t notice your resource section at first until you provided a link in this post so I will be sure to share these next time I run into anyone newly diagnosed. Also appreciated the dogging definition 😆.
If you are comfortable sharing this in a future post, I found myself wondering about what does “radical acceptance” mean for you? Does your understanding of it shift over time or would you say it remained the same? I notice how people define it in different ways. Some may be aware of one definition of it that repels them as they may not have heard about other ways of understanding acceptance that may better resonate for them. Or maybe for them they find a different way of relating to their experience outside of an accepting stance.
Thank you Reema. It’s interesting how you picked up on ‘radical acceptance’ as I did think about expanding on it. However I plan to do that in a separate post probably one where I talk about ‘Acceptance and Commitment Therapy which I found really useful To me it means accepting the difficult things as part of life’s experience and not fighting against them, even if you don’t like them. Occasionally I’ve heard the view that acceptance is like giving up or giving in but that’s not how I see it.
Thanks for checking out the resources, and glad the definition was helpful 😉
I definitely look forward to that and would also like to see how you differentiate between acceptance versus giving up/in as is often understood by laypeople who are not aware of ACT
Love this, such a thought provoking insight into your new life. Made me think, made me a tad sad, made me smile, made me try and remove the image of Jason in a car park!!!!! Oh and how lovely are the two dogs at the end ! X
Aw thank you so much Vaughan! Sorry to put you through the mill like that! And those dogs, they look so happy don’t they, they must have lovely owners 😊 💕
As ever your wonderful sense of humour shines through! I love that idea that we store up bits of advice and coping strategies like you did with journalling and come to them when we really need it to help us make sense of the world.
Thank you for providing a dogging definition! Reading on the other side of the world, I thought you were referring to some sort of sled dog activity involving heavy snow, which would also be an ambitious MS activity :)
Thanks for reading Eliza, and glad the definition was helpful! Sled dog activity, that made me laugh, and it’s a much nicer visual than the other one!
Yes - footnotes are powerful! I'm glad I didn't immediately start googling.
Thanks for reading Robin, glad you got to the bottom of the page!
I definitely enjoyed reading this and I didn’t notice your resource section at first until you provided a link in this post so I will be sure to share these next time I run into anyone newly diagnosed. Also appreciated the dogging definition 😆.
If you are comfortable sharing this in a future post, I found myself wondering about what does “radical acceptance” mean for you? Does your understanding of it shift over time or would you say it remained the same? I notice how people define it in different ways. Some may be aware of one definition of it that repels them as they may not have heard about other ways of understanding acceptance that may better resonate for them. Or maybe for them they find a different way of relating to their experience outside of an accepting stance.
Thank you Reema. It’s interesting how you picked up on ‘radical acceptance’ as I did think about expanding on it. However I plan to do that in a separate post probably one where I talk about ‘Acceptance and Commitment Therapy which I found really useful To me it means accepting the difficult things as part of life’s experience and not fighting against them, even if you don’t like them. Occasionally I’ve heard the view that acceptance is like giving up or giving in but that’s not how I see it.
Thanks for checking out the resources, and glad the definition was helpful 😉
I definitely look forward to that and would also like to see how you differentiate between acceptance versus giving up/in as is often understood by laypeople who are not aware of ACT
Love this, such a thought provoking insight into your new life. Made me think, made me a tad sad, made me smile, made me try and remove the image of Jason in a car park!!!!! Oh and how lovely are the two dogs at the end ! X
Aw thank you so much Vaughan! Sorry to put you through the mill like that! And those dogs, they look so happy don’t they, they must have lovely owners 😊 💕
I did wonder how the Meat Loaf reference would play out, little did I know! 😯
Oh, and did you pinch my Del Monte gag, or was it just one of life's weird synchronicities? 😁X
1. I can only apologise
2. I CAN only apologise - but didn’t you say Yes!?
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As ever your wonderful sense of humour shines through! I love that idea that we store up bits of advice and coping strategies like you did with journalling and come to them when we really need it to help us make sense of the world.
Ah so that’s what I was doing? 🤣 Thank you so much Sue 💕
And I love how you summed it up! 💛