So, I have COVID again. I think this is the 3rd time.
I have talked about isolation elsewhere in my blog. I've heard on the news that experts haven't yet seen how COVID and isolation have and will affect people's mental illness
However, I can talk about my Cerebral Palsy and the isolation that goes along with it.
I think anything that causes you to feel different than others can cause you to feel isolated.
Thus many, probably most of us, feel isolated now and then.
Isolation is lonely. It's like being stuck on an iceberg, surrounded by islands. You know others are there, but you can't get to them.
Remember that feeling as a kid of being picked last (or never) for dodgeball?
Even though I know many disabled people, many people with CP, in my own warped thinking, I think nobody can understand how I feel.
People may call us selfish, but when we are in the thick of their situation, we don't know how we would react.
I think there is a difference between feeling a natural genuine reaction to a problem and feeling sorry for yourself and entitled to something.
Even more than that, I think we need to have compassion for those who feel isolated. We need to be able to look with love at people and see that they're hurting; not judge them because they're hurting.
So, as we're considering what mental illness looks like in a posted COVID world, and its isolation, we need to be gentle and caring, remembering that we are sailing in uncharted waters.
Before I go any further, I owe my Mama a HUGE apology for all those times I wouldn't let her sleep!!! I love to sleep; like I could s...
