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		<title>Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Forum: Accepting or giving up? - DailyStrength</title>
		<description>It's not denial, I'm just very selective with the reality I accept.

I had a very difficult conversation with someone today who said some ...</description>
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			<title>Comment by auntilyn</title>
			<link>http://www.dailystrength.org/c/Multiple_Sclerosis_MS/forum/14100912-accepting-giving-up/lastpage</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Whoa deep.  At least these harsh words were said by someone who loves you.  I don't have too many people in that category and those who supposedly "love" me just ignore my disease like it doesn't exist or get disgusted and say things like "Well guess it is an MS day because it looks like you are hav...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2012 07:24:35 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by almairis</title>
			<link>http://www.dailystrength.org/c/Multiple_Sclerosis_MS/forum/14100912-accepting-giving-up/lastpage</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Hi, what a friend!! Sooo true ,once we accept is not giving up ,is the realisation that a good day is not our old self, but the new one,once we realize this is it, it doesn't mean we abandon treatment, meds, <a href="http://www.dailystrength.org/treatments/Faith" onclick="treatmentHotLink('http://www.dailystrength.org/treatments/Faith')" class="treatmentlink" title="Learn more about Hope">hope</a> or goals, it means you wake up without feeling a prisoner of ms or your body. You can b...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2012 10:01:28 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by Zombychyk</title>
			<link>http://www.dailystrength.org/c/Multiple_Sclerosis_MS/forum/14100912-accepting-giving-up/lastpage</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I think its human nature to <a href="http://www.dailystrength.org/treatments/Faith" onclick="treatmentHotLink('http://www.dailystrength.org/treatments/Faith')" class="treatmentlink" title="Learn more about Hope">hope</a> to feel better and be in pain]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2012 11:02:21 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by ShelleyTab</title>
			<link>http://www.dailystrength.org/c/Multiple_Sclerosis_MS/forum/14100912-accepting-giving-up/lastpage</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Although it can hurt to hear those things, It is brave of someone who cares for you to really say it, with good intentions, and so I respect that.  
  
 As for accepting vs giving up... Accepting is not giving up. At some point you have to realize  that this is your new reality and accept that so that...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2012 11:40:10 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by flashg</title>
			<link>http://www.dailystrength.org/c/Multiple_Sclerosis_MS/forum/14100912-accepting-giving-up/lastpage</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Very often people say things like, "I (or you) are JUST going to have to accept this."  It sounds negative to begin with.  If you say, "I want to accept this," much different outlook. 
  
 "Just" accepting is like shrugging your shoulders and saying, "oh well."  It's like being defeated, it is like gi...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2012 13:03:04 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by tarabunnyears</title>
			<link>http://www.dailystrength.org/c/Multiple_Sclerosis_MS/forum/14100912-accepting-giving-up/lastpage</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Wow, you guys amaze me. Some amazing words you all have. You helped me see things differently.  
  
 My friend knows me all to well and while I say I have accepted the fact that I have MS, the truth is I have not accepted my limitations and am WAY too hard on myself.  
  
 I blame myself for all I canno...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2012 14:54:10 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by ShelleyTab</title>
			<link>http://www.dailystrength.org/c/Multiple_Sclerosis_MS/forum/14100912-accepting-giving-up/lastpage</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Tara, I could have written your last reply myself. I think most of us are harsher on ourselves then we deserve, and expect more of ourselves then it truly fair. I imagine that the world is disappointed in me, but my husband reassures me that the only one frustrated/disappointed with me is me.  
  
 I ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2012 16:23:06 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by katand7kids</title>
			<link>http://www.dailystrength.org/c/Multiple_Sclerosis_MS/forum/14100912-accepting-giving-up/lastpage</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I think it's all about focus.  If all I focus on is getting better then I can't appreciate anything until I am better.  If I focus on doing today the best that I can (and some days are way better than others) then I can at least take what I can from that day and feel good about it.  As they say, if ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2012 17:02:54 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by hope4acure</title>
			<link>http://www.dailystrength.org/c/Multiple_Sclerosis_MS/forum/14100912-accepting-giving-up/lastpage</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I had to clean people like that out of my life forever.  It became painfully apparent when I almost died in 2009.  One guy called me up and wanted to know why was I not dead yet.   
  
 Stand your ground and live your life, with the pain that goes with it. 
  
 I believe the pain is but a symptom of the...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2012 18:51:56 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by auntilyn</title>
			<link>http://www.dailystrength.org/c/Multiple_Sclerosis_MS/forum/14100912-accepting-giving-up/lastpage</link>
			<description><![CDATA[well Hopeforacure doesn't that just say it all! Kudos!]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2012 10:29:58 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by qazo</title>
			<link>http://www.dailystrength.org/c/Multiple_Sclerosis_MS/forum/14100912-accepting-giving-up/lastpage</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I would accept that you have ms but never give up <a href="http://www.dailystrength.org/treatments/Faith" onclick="treatmentHotLink('http://www.dailystrength.org/treatments/Faith')" class="treatmentlink" title="Learn more about Hope">hope</a>, I was hit with ms suddenly being paralyzed from the neck down with a very long list of debilitating symptoms, but now I run several miles per week,swim laps at the pool, work full time, travel overseas on holidays. 
  
 Anything is possible with ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 00:38:39 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by lorrieonline</title>
			<link>http://www.dailystrength.org/c/Multiple_Sclerosis_MS/forum/14100912-accepting-giving-up/lastpage</link>
			<description><![CDATA[There's so much positive energy in this thread, I'm delighted to read it all.  I love to look at the positive side and yeah, even though some days it seems more challenging to do just that, we have to spring back to the place where we do have <a href="http://www.dailystrength.org/treatments/Faith" onclick="treatmentHotLink('http://www.dailystrength.org/treatments/Faith')" class="treatmentlink" title="Learn more about Hope">hope</a> and expectation.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 12:13:13 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by tickey</title>
			<link>http://www.dailystrength.org/c/Multiple_Sclerosis_MS/forum/14100912-accepting-giving-up/lastpage</link>
			<description><![CDATA[hey- never give up- cause it can get better!!- its so frustrating- but look ahead!! now 4 pain u need something that works? rest- too!! that helps!! big hugs!!-yeh- sometimes nothin helps- but it i <a href="http://www.dailystrength.org/treatments/Faith" onclick="treatmentHotLink('http://www.dailystrength.org/treatments/Faith')" class="treatmentlink" title="Learn more about Hope">hope</a> will pass!!]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 13:19:33 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by JeffSar</title>
			<link>http://www.dailystrength.org/c/Multiple_Sclerosis_MS/forum/14100912-accepting-giving-up/lastpage</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Stay positive and live your life how you want to as best you can.  I  say that because I just passed through the darkest time with MS with intense pain that made it nearly impossible to focus on anything but the pain. Believe you me, I was not in a good place. I was mad that I had MS, I was mad at G...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 08:24:01 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by atmhurley</title>
			<link>http://www.dailystrength.org/c/Multiple_Sclerosis_MS/forum/14100912-accepting-giving-up/lastpage</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Ohhh....... I love this thread..... all the positivity! MS hits us each differently, but always remember you have control on how you respond. It isn't easy somedays, that's for sure, but it will get easier if you focus on the positives and not the negatives. Think of all the things you DO have in yo...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 10:11:51 +0100</pubDate>
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