#10 rant city! self worth, dealing with pain, kitty hat

Omg I definitely needed to hear this lol, I was recently "diagnosed" and while it cleared up a lot of answers, it's been such a confusing and frustrating journey so far. Nobody seems to fully understand, even those that I love..and I don't blame them, they don't feel what I feel. But it can get so exhausting trying to explain how I need to readjust how I do things and whatnot...it's still as new for them as it is for me so they don't get it really (well how severe it is mostly). And like you, I'm also naturally upbeat and positive so it feels very unlike me to have my down-and-out or helpless days. I'm still in the adjusting process but I have hope that I will learn to work with it, I won't let it stop me from living the life that I deserve to live. I may not have the same pace I once had lol, but I will do what I have to to make it happen. I won't let it change my determination. At first I kind of felt like a helpless victim, but lately I realized that I have fibro....fibro doesn't have me, so I'm in charge of how I live my life even with it =]