Have you discovered something new about yourself recently?

In My Humble Opinion
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As we get older, we (hopefully) mature and gradually learn more about who we are. Yet getting older doesn’t mean that the process ever stops.

What new thing have you come to realise about yourself recently? Did something happen to make you realise that you weren’t as moral as you thought you were, or that you had more strength in you than you thought possible? Have you discovered a hidden talent, or a weakness you didn’t know you had? Is there a new quirk or a new fetish that’s come to light? Share with the group…

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I’m learning I CAN pull myself out of anxiety attacks, given the right distraction.

Of course, the “right distraction” varies, which makes this kind of a trial-and-error process…

Still, progress!

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That’s great! Go, you!:slight_smile:

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My feet swell when I sit up too long and I hate being in bed with my feet up.
I hate the idea of leaving,but I think it’s creeping up on me. I just hope it doesn’t hurt.

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Even though I’m capable of producing long, baroque, and 100% sensical sentences, when I’m banging out a first draft I tend to use too few commas and too many full stops. That surprised me about myself. After the first edit, my stuff usually has about 1/3 the sentences it began with.

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Brown rice makes me incredibly bloated.

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Found out I have an underactive thyroid, which apparently explains… pretty much every medical thing about me (low bp, low pulse rate, low “good” chloresterol), other than acne. They can’t tell when the onset was, but I’ve had all those symptoms for 15+ years, so that’s the guess.

While having a unified explanation is nice, it was kind of a non-event as first major health problems go.

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Found out I can handle way more stress than I thought I could EVER handle. And it’s getting worse. And I’m not sure how I’ll deal, but I know I will

Found out that my tolerance for bullshit is at about zero now. From anyone.

Missy is not a happy camper - but at least she knows what she can handle.

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Found out I can be incredibly pissed—yet hopeful, at the same time.
But the strain, man…don’t know if it’s worth it.

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I have discovered that radiofrequency nerve ablation works for me. I had my second ablation in mid-May. It took about five weeks to become completely effective but I am now free of low back and hip pain about 95% of the time. I am loving’ it!!

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I discovered that although I have done all the things a grown up does for the past 40 years I still like the things I liked best at 13. I just pretended to grow up. Does everybody do that?

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I conquered my fear of failure!

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Would compression therapy give symptomatic relief?

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That’s fantastic! I wonder if that’s an option for Trigeminal Neuralgia. I haven’t had any good response to medication and I’d rather not have brain surgery. It looks promising at first Google.

Pain free living—good for you!!

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Thank you, lorene. Talk to your doctor, by all means. I had tried medication and cortisone shots. The cortisone gave temporary relief but I couldn’t keep doing them. Medication didn’t cut it at all. I ride my horse three to four times a week now – prior to the ablation, I couldn’t ride at all. Hope you find something that works for you.