I'm PO'ed About My Diagnosis!

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🗓️ 9 February 2024

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Mary's health challenges are wearing her down mentally, but, with Dr. Laura's help, she sees a way to improve her mindset. Email questions or comments: drlaura@drlaura.com - Participate on the radio program: call 1-800-Dr-Laura / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment https://www.drlaura.com/make-an-appointment.

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0:00.0	Thanks for downloading my call of the day podcast. You too can participate in my live radio program
0:06.8	heard weekdays from 2 to 5 p.m. Eastern time on Sirius XM Triumph 1111.
0:12.4	Mary, welcome to the program. on Sirius XM Triumph 111.
0:13.0	Mary, welcome to the program.
0:15.0	Hello, Dr. Laura, thank you for taking my call.
0:18.0	You're welcome.
0:20.0	So my husband and I really appreciate the way you just kind of cut to the chase.
0:27.6	So I'm having some issues.
0:31.6	I have some disability that has led to after about 8 to 10 years has finally led to
0:40.0	where I'm on disability and I've had periods of remission, but now it seems like that's
0:48.0	not going to be the case.
0:50.8	Having difficulty accepting this and I can't seem to get those feelings under control. And what are the feelings that percolate up, describe them to me?
1:07.0	Um, shame, embarrassment, disappointment,
1:15.0	I never thought that I would be a person who couldn't work.
1:22.0	I'm 54 years old. I never always
1:30.1	myself being, you help that I need. I can drive around and I can do some things. I can
1:41.2	even help get my mom to appointments, doctors appointments and stuff, but if I go into a store I have to use a wheelchair. If I walk for very long at all, I have to be in wheelchair. I have a lot of trouble sleeping and my
1:56.5	doctor's trying to help me work through that but it's but it's not the
2:01.3	physicality of it it's not the physicality of it. It's the mental part that's just
2:07.4	eating me up.
2:10.2	Well, can we just roll the tape back a moment and talk about two ridiculous things you mentioned
2:17.1	that you have to explain to me because I see them as too ridiculous?
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