Post by LymeEnigma on Sept 20, 2007 12:08:15 GMT -8
It seems to me that this is more common than may of us would like to admit ... I am willing to open up pretty freely about my obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), so perhaps I've been able to identify this without feeling so horribly ashamed about it:
We Lymies tend to obsess over our disease.
I think there are a few reasons for this: I know, for me, not one day goes by when I don't think or talk about Lyme disease at least once. A swollen knee or an emotionally trying day is reminder enough that Lyme and/or its sequelae are ever-present; the injustice many of us have faced when seeking help through the mainstream medical community is enough to keep one bitter for years; the continued IDSA/ILADS battle is another reminder that definitive answers aren't yet out there, our prognoses continuing to swing in limbo, our lives, to varying degrees, being put on hold.
How many of us end up putting our lives on hold forever over this?
My OCD has been out of control as of late ... I obsess a lot, and once again I've been obsessing daily about my health, with finding the truth about this enigmatic disease. This message board is a nice little product of that. I hope I can turn it into something positive and worthwhile. I hope that some of the questions we raise here will lead to a better understanding of what this disease has done, and continues to do, to all of us. As with all other things in regard to this disease: only time will tell.
We Lymies tend to obsess over our disease.
I think there are a few reasons for this: I know, for me, not one day goes by when I don't think or talk about Lyme disease at least once. A swollen knee or an emotionally trying day is reminder enough that Lyme and/or its sequelae are ever-present; the injustice many of us have faced when seeking help through the mainstream medical community is enough to keep one bitter for years; the continued IDSA/ILADS battle is another reminder that definitive answers aren't yet out there, our prognoses continuing to swing in limbo, our lives, to varying degrees, being put on hold.
How many of us end up putting our lives on hold forever over this?
My OCD has been out of control as of late ... I obsess a lot, and once again I've been obsessing daily about my health, with finding the truth about this enigmatic disease. This message board is a nice little product of that. I hope I can turn it into something positive and worthwhile. I hope that some of the questions we raise here will lead to a better understanding of what this disease has done, and continues to do, to all of us. As with all other things in regard to this disease: only time will tell.
