"Christmas, from the little I remember, was a pleasant affair because my family makes it so. I spent an hour or so in the afternoon, and an hour or so after dinner with them.
Then I retreated to bed with a book while they played cards and chatted and laughed at the other end of the hall. At the other end of the universe. "
Why do you perceive it to be pleasant when you are away from your family? and you know you don't have the energy to be involved with them, even as you desperately want to?
This is obviously benefical to you, but what advice, tips, would you give to other people with ME/CFS to perceive it the same way?
Or indeed to families of these people to make Christmas better/more inclusive for them?
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"Christmas, from the little I remember, was a pleasant affair because my family makes it so. I spent an hour or so in the afternoon, and an hour or so after dinner with them.
Then I retreated to bed with a book while they played cards and chatted and laughed at the other end of the hall. At the other end of the universe. "
Why do you perceive it to be pleasant when you are away from your family? and you know you don't have the energy to be involved with them, even as you desperately want to?
This is obviously benefical to you, but what advice, tips, would you give to other people with ME/CFS to perceive it the same way?
Or indeed to families of these people to make Christmas better/more inclusive for them?
Thanks, Chris
December 23, 2011 - 9:23amThis Comment
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