Posted by Partlycloudy on October 18, 2013, at 18:03:18
...because my T is hugging me a lot lately, and we aren't usually huggers.
I told her about a really lovely Australian woman who was on my holiday, and early on I learned that she had had three complete hip replacements, and two kidney transplants (the first one was rejected). She was very empathetic with my daily panic attacks - another story - and I asked her what her story was.
She said that I was the first person EVER to ask her. That she had lost friends who dropped her as if her condition was catching. That there were close family relatives do the same.
It reminded me vividly of the isolation I feel with my mental health. People, mostly, really don't want to know.
My T has been recovering from a nasty leg break and she's had the same experience.
The whole thing made me weep.
The hug really helped.
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