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how to be more caring for myself

Started by cymoril, October 29, 2015, 11:15:10 PM

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cymoril

As I transition, it seems I want to care for my partner more than myself.  meaning his wellbeing is more important than mine.  how do I overcome these emotions?  I just need some advice on how to radiate who I am...
Don't really know what to write here...  So I'll just write a little about myself.  For conciseness, I am a 48 y/o pre-op transsexual who's in a wheelchair.  I'm wheelchair bound due to AVN(avascular necrosis) which took three and a half inches from my right femur and I acquired due to HIV.  I got infected by the first man I was ever with.  So, after spending 40+ years in Texas and getting three felonies, I decided to move to San Francisco.
  I got here in 2010 and continued to drug myself until something happened...  I don't remember exactly what happened, but I do know I did something to ease my pain, which didn't help and I ended up in the ER.  After that, mind you I could still walk, barely, I was diagnosed with avascular necrosis.  Immediately I was sent to a hospital in really bad shape.  I was addicted to a copious amount of drugs and weighed less than 90lbs.  I was near death.  I spent two and a half years in hospital, quit drugs, got my own place and am doing quite well.
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Hyperduck_23

It's a bit hard to say without knowing more about you as a person, but very broadly, I'd say do things specifically for yourself....do some exercise, treat yourself to things you like, eat well so you feel good inside and take time away from life to connect with yourself....maybe a bit of meditation, or some specific time in the diary to do the things you like to do (hobbies or whatever makes you smile).

And if you like looking after your partner and that makes you happy, then there's nothing wrong with keeping doing that as, if you think about it, it's making you feel good so it is an investment in your well-being.
Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind
- Dr Suess
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JoanneB

No advice, just thoughts related to my own lack of caring for myself

A) Have/Had absolutely no clue how to... No, no Reason to
B) Always expected something bad to happen if I tried to. As past history dictates
C) Hopelessness & Futility. Why bother if nothing changes for better. Usually for the worse
D) It is far easier to care for others then for yourself. You will always be in pain. But if you help someone else.....
E) Internalized Transphobia. Caring for yourself may/will lead to escalation of addressing the GD and.....
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