Nope with a side of more nope.

These ideas are so much better Shared!!

In my most recent blog post, I detailed my physical therapy based program to improve my well being. I performed a run-through of the program with my therapist at my PT appointment.

By the time I drove the 5 minutes to my house, my back and hips were screaming. By the time I had written the blog post, my knees had joined in. My shoulder is still clicking, popping, and going numb as a result.

The following day at physical therapy, instead of building on my program to add some stabilization exercises using equipment I have at home as well, everything was remedial, just trying to calm down my back, shoulder, and knee.

It’s been almost a week and I’m still recovering.

Completing the simplest of workout programs can simply be too much, and there’s nothing I can do about it. Pushing through is NOT a solution to this, no matter how many times I excitedly reapply this technique.

The problem here is bigger than just my desire to push through every obstacle like I always have. The entire environment around PT expects that if you cooperate, you improve.

So, I go in and really try, and I pay for it.

In addition to the PT I do on site, I have PT sprinkled throughout my day in response to what my body needs. I spend at least 30 minutes daily doing yoga, and working out my joints. I just don’t do it all at once, and somehow that doesn’t count.

So, I put together this program to make it count, but my body cannot take this all at once.

I used to be able to make a body plan, stick to the body plan, and improve the way I feel.

No matter how much PT I do, my back is still grinding and sending electrical storms through my body, I still struggle with stairs, my arm is still cutting out on me.

I’m really struggling to radically accept this reality.

Let’s bust down some Cycles together! I got you.

PT pushes and judges, even when they think they’re being supportive. I still have demands to meet from home and work. Radical acceptance of my limits feels like defeat.

I don’t know how to adjust to this. I don’t know how to live like this.

Even when I get to the point of radical acceptance, there is no break from having to prove my reality to everyone else. The personal is almost always social, and the best skills often fall short of helping on both fronts.

For others struggling with Radical Acceptance (a cornerstone of Dialectical Behavioral Therapy), there are several online resources to work on this distress tolerance skill.

I will be revisiting these to help me find peace in this.

I recommend this for absolutely anyone who is also struggling to accept their reality.

I’ve added several links throughout the text today, and want to list them here for you as well.
Dialecticalbehavioraltherapy.com
Therapistaid.com
DBTSelfHelp.com
Skylandtrail.org
Happy Healing, and I wish you the absolute best in 2024.

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