Yesterday I wrote a little about the difficulties I have with decisions. Today I will talk about things that stress me out. While I was still working of course I was stressed about work related things. Now that I not working I still find things to stress about. I'm pretty sure one of the reasons is that I just have to much time to think about things and I have become a worrier. I'm not sure if it's the fact I'm getting older or MS related but I find even when I was working I became more of a worrier and now that I'm not working I just find new thing to worry about.
These are some of the things I worry about now:
Sleeping too much during the day and not sleeping at night. The nights I have trouble sleeping are so long.
Whether I will forget to ask something before my wife leaves or my son Matt leaves.
I stress about forgetting things or worrying that I am forgetting something important.
I get really stressed out thinking about going different places. There been a few times where we just could not find anywhere to park and then it really bothers me that we go to the trouble to get me in the van and drive somewhere and then are not able to stay due to parking problems. It's very frustrating for me to depend on others for things that I've been doing for years like driving and parking.
A stress about digestive problems. I seem to have more troubles now than ever because I am sitting in a chair all day. Getting driven somewhere shakes stuff and I worry we have to leave and come home to use my sling.
Since I can't drive my chair anymore I stress about going to other people's houses. My ramps only work in certain situations and not all. Couple of them are pretty steep and I used to be able to drive myself and I trusted myself to drive down steep ramps. I worry about going down with someone else driving. Going up never seems to bother me but going down is pretty scary. The chair does want to stop in the middle so once you start down you have to keep going.
I worry about people getting hurt trying to help me on a ramp. Between me and my chair we weigh 600 pounds. I worry that other people will get hurt trying to hold me on a ramp if I'm going off.
I don't mean to upset my caregivers because they are great. I just find have more of a worrier than I used to be an don't know how to stop. Too many years of being independent!
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