The Normal Kind of Disabled
Is there even such a thing as recovery from becoming disabled ?!? - Recovery Part 1
There really is no recovery from becoming disabled especially if your disability or illness is incurable like mine, i would say its kind of a thing your stuck with !. So why is there a two part episode on recovery then ? you might ask.... well i see the 'recovery period' as the first three years after initially becoming disabled. Its the fighting for your life, all soldier's on deck, saying goodbye to your old life and learning to adapt to this new body and life you have been given. It is also the time period where coping mechanisms to this being and becoming disabled journey of ours gets created and imbedded within us such as blocking or hiding and denying. And highly emotive feelings such as loneliness, feeling trapped and depressed can also arise. So i think its safe to say, a pretty important time frame in which to discuss. The recovery period is my heart and where i was honestly shaped into who i am as a person today. And so you don't think I'm going to create a podcast on this whole being and becoming disabled journey and skip out the most vulnerable, challenging, soul defining, reason why the rest of my journey went the way it did part, absolutely not !. Especially when this is the time period where help, support and guidance is really needed to help us navigate the magnitude of all this and everything that we are experiencing that is currently not out there for us.
In this episode i discuss my recovery period and try to highlight things to be mindful of feeling and experiencing during this time for others currently going through their recovery period. For families and loved ones who are the caregivers of those during this time i highlight things to help you also to firstly know what to possibly expect to enable you to safely help care for your loved one but to also provide you with insight as to how they might be feeling too. I go all in and discuss things like having the invasion of help with things like your personal care, adapting to life back home after becoming disabled. I also highlight in this episode how sometimes the experience and what is demands of us to physically try our best to recover or get a glimpse of our old lives back. How that can have an effect and sometimes stop you all together from mentally recovering from what's just happened. So as you can see i blooming discuss it all, that much so i have had to do a part two on recovery as its just too much of a crucial time period not to make sure its discussed and the realities of what it can be like to experience and go through, shared.
If there is anyone who would like any help or advice regarding anything discussed within this episode or would like to share their own personal experience or advice and be involved in the NKD community in anyway. Please do not hesitate to contact myself or others within the community at The Normal Kind of Disabled across all social media platforms or you can email me at thenormalkindofdisabled@outlook.com
Podcast episode created and edited by Jenny Watts.
Mixed by Mike Silcock.
There really is no recovery from becoming disabled especially if your disability or illness is incurable like mine, i would say its kind of a thing your stuck with !. So why is there a two part episode on recovery then ? you might ask.... well i see the 'recovery period' as the first three years after initially becoming disabled. Its the fighting for your life, all soldier's on deck, saying goodbye to your old life and learning to adapt to this new body and life you have been given. It is also the time period where coping mechanisms to this being and becoming disabled journey of ours gets created and imbedded within us such as blocking or hiding and denying. And highly emotive feelings such as loneliness, feeling trapped and depressed can also arise. So i think its safe to say, a pretty important time frame in which to discuss. The recovery period is my heart and where i was honestly shaped into who i am as a person today. And so you don't think I'm going to create a podcast on this whole being and becoming disabled journey and skip out the most vulnerable, challenging, soul defining, reason why the rest of my journey went the way it did part, absolutely not !. Especially when this is the time period where help, support and guidance is really needed to help us navigate the magnitude of all this and everything that we are experiencing that is currently not out there for us.
In this episode i discuss my recovery period and try to highlight things to be mindful of feeling and experiencing during this time for others currently going through their recovery period. For families and loved ones who are the caregivers of those during this time i highlight things to help you also to firstly know what to possibly expect to enable you to safely help care for your loved one but to also provide you with insight as to how they might be feeling too. I go all in and discuss things like having the invasion of help with things like your personal care, adapting to life back home after becoming disabled. I also highlight in this episode how sometimes the experience and what is demands of us to physically try our best to recover or get a glimpse of our old lives back. How that can have an effect and sometimes stop you all together from mentally recovering from what's just happened. So as you can see i blooming discuss it all, that much so i have had to do a part two on recovery as its just too much of a crucial time period not to make sure its discussed and the realities of what it can be like to experience and go through, shared.
If there is anyone who would like any help or advice regarding anything discussed within this episode or would like to share their own personal experience or advice and be involved in the NKD community in anyway. Please do not hesitate to contact myself or others within the community at The Normal Kind of Disabled across all social media platforms or you can email me at thenormalkindofdisabled@outlook.com
Podcast episode created and edited by Jenny Watts.
Mixed by Mike Silcock.