For the last few days I’ve been feeling a little off. Physically. Don’t tell anyone but I may have almost been feeling sorry for myself. Quite rare for a man, I know. Medically speaking, I’ve been a bit shite. Quite un-me, really. Not sure why, just have. Not much energy, excitement or oomph. A little three-out-of-ten-ish. Nothing life-threatening I suspect but a few interesting and uncomfortable physical symptoms, nonetheless. So, you can imagine how annoyed I was when, in the middle of all my very-minor symptoms, I stumbled across the Paralympics on the telly today. Specifically, the really happy man with no arms who competed magnificently in the 50 metres freestyle.
Seriously, how can I throw myself a decent pity party with guys like that around?
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I to was having my own pity party lastnight and was Tv
Surfing and stopped and saw the Paralympic and said to myself that
You can control your controlables you are fully able
And need your own reality check !
After a good cry to sleep and a walk in the sunshine
I snapped myself out of it .
Harps your Human and help so many of us who
Magnify a little problem and give a stop the crap perspective and see
The big picture so thankyou for that and always being there
With that because it is gold !
X
You’re welcome Bron
OI! I’ll defend any man’s right to have a good sook
every-now-n-then …. sook away Harps …
Cheers
Thanks Dag. I feel much better.
MANHUG
I know what you mean. Today I watched a TED talk on slavery and just flicked onto sunday night on 7 and saw and amazing story of a father helping his young son with cerebral palsy.
Me any my first world issues, it’s quite pathetic.
Here we have this amazing opportunity to make the world a better place and get caught up worrying about ourselves. I suppose we are only human after all but it is night to get a bit of perspective from time to time.
Don’t be too hard on yourself. I wouldn’t be the indestructible mentally tough fit fighting machine if it wasn’t for you mate
seriously. Was in a bit of a rut and needed someone to just kick me along a little. I had the tools and just needed someone to remind me how to use them.
You definitely have the tools so maybe you just need a bit of positive energy….channeling positive energy…
…Just remember to invest that emotional energy into something positive like writing about how you feel, what you are thinking or maybe even just go for a drive and a walk, watch a movie, talk to a mate (accountability partner
)
Looking forward to catching up this week.
See you then Champ
Hope your symptoms prove to be transient and treatable and that you feel 100% as soon as. You give so much of yourself every day that I reckon that would surely deplete your stock pretty quickly, and yet you continue on giving. Best wishes always Craig
Thanks Aunty Edith
Well, Craig, maybe with all that’s been going on with the people you love lately, your immune system has got run down and its taken its toll in the physical form?
Everyone is allowed a pity party every now and then (even you and even men). Anyway, for what it’s worth I hope you are feeling in top form again soon. Take care X
Ditto to this. Nikki, you read my mind.
How the heck do we pay Craig back for just being?
Thank you Craig (gran hug)
Another ditto from me. Poor Craig. Make sure you go to your good doctor, I am sure you have one and do not settle till you get a diagnosis. Running on 30% is feeling quite awful in my book. I am running at 70% with some bone/disk degenerative issues with neurological bits, having traction and I am finding that a bit CAK.
My GP thought I was having a stroke, so go to hospital who test me for stroke (45 years old, very good health). My foot dropped and it was in pain. Numbness and tingles in extremeties. I thought forget the bloody stroke I am about to have a heart attack at the mere though of having a stroke.
I come away clear after cat scan, neck ultrasounds, blood tests and so on. I am on aspirin. Then I go to great Osteo/Physio/Chiro guru regarding my continuing sore bum and lower back. I happen to tell him about my recent “stroke”. He orders me to get xrays and says nope this is your neck and back. Turns out spot on. I could have gone on for ages feeling crap , who knows. Now I am at least on the way to doing what I can. Good luck and take care of that great person who helps us all out with his brains and wit. xx
Interesting symptoms are pretty rare, so I’m glad to hear it’s nothing serious. Prescribe yourself something enjoyable (watch more paralympics? paddle in the sea? explore somewhere you’ve never been before? do absolutely nothing for a bit?) and here’s a dose of cyberlove to take with it ().
Loving your normalness! Lol! So even you have those days, Master! I had a poor me night last night! Think it was hormonal! Had a good cry! Then went to Coles & did my grocery shopping at 10pm on a Sat. Night! Lol! Wondered this morning what the hell got into me! Just when I thought I was so in alignment! Back to feeling grateful today!
ah the Miriad of emotions we humans have! Hope you too are feeling better today! 
thanks for sharing, I know I’m not alone, we are all connected! 
……Grasshopper – hope you have a good week! Carpe Diem! Tomorrow! 
Hi Craig – thanks for your honesty about how you’re feeling. We are all entitled to be ‘off’ once in a while, but not to wallow in it. I really hope things are going better for you and that you’re Mum is OK after the surgery you mentioned the other day. Sounds like it’s been a tough few days and your body is reminding you that you’re human. Sending best wishes to you and those you love.
Hey Sunshine
… Be kind to yourself, sending you a Big Hug from Sydney … Keep Shining and doing what you love most 
Love
Mon xx
It always passes … but hey, don’t be such a man that you don’t get it checked out. Just in case.
Hey Craig! Hope you’re back on top of things very soon.
{{HUG}} Tina
Well nothing like a reality check hey Craig…. take a little time to nurture yourself though…….it’s allowed you know, in fact it is necessary… and thanks for sharing, I too was that way thurs and fri a fitting good bye to winter ha ha….anyway Hello Spring hooray woo hoo! ….I am bouncing along again….hope you are too……have a fab week cheers B.
Hi Craig,
I agree with Nikki. It sounds like Post Being Strong for Everyone Else Syndrome. It seems to come on after a crisis has passed and I think a bit of wallowing is in order. The more you fight it, the longer it will take to pass.
It seems to be more difficult for we positive people, because feeling negative for any length of time is so unfamiliar (usually we can snap ourselves out of it).
As the others have said, your comments help us enormously, by showing your ‘humanness’ (is there such a word?), and giving us permission to embrace all aspects of this crazy life. Thanks so much.
Trish.
Hey Trish, your so on the money… Post being strong for everyone else syndrome is such reality. Especially after all the things Craig does for others. He is always ‘pulling’ the right posting our for us all!! A big job! We must be due for a ‘how important community is to bring up our family” episode. Sharing and Caring post!
I love this quote which sums up what you said Craig
“NO matter how good or bad you think life is, wake up each day and be thankful for life. Someone somewhere else is fighting to survive”
Gotta love the paraolympics and the athletes
they are inspirational. I have a student at school who was born with one arm and is over there now and hopes to go to Rio – he inspires me everyday. Its a shame that this event isn’t on ‘mainstream tv’ as well as ABC becasue the ‘other’ athletes could really leanr from them as could the public.
That said sometimes we all just need a pity party – as long as it isn’t a lifetime one its ‘cleansing’
Pleased to hear you are over yours.
exackerly!! but you feel crap nonetheless – he probably feels on top of the world!!! hope you feel better soon xxoo
Craig, what great friends you have!
The sun is shining here in the Capitol (Canberra for anyone not in the know!), my family is intact, the chickens are laying, the air is clean, we have jobs we really like and buddies to share stories with.
I trust you are feeling back to normal very soon!
Best wishes
Amanda
You are right CH, Para-olympics competitors are all brilliant people. They deserve a lot more support than they get. For all of the talk about anti-discrimination and Government edicts about not discriminating, the Para-olympians are brilliant people.
Just imagine how good it could be for more folks if every town had reasonably accommodating facilities for people with a disability: There really are not many useful places to go for basic fitness programs, let alone competitive training.
Love it Craig…puts things in perspective for sure…
I was feeling sorry for myself coz I still rent and society dictates a 46 year old person should own a house or at least have a massive mortgage….then I watched “Go back to where you came from” and just pulled my head in….
I looked through another persons “window” and felt humbled! And grateful!
Oh this is bloody hilarious, Craig. Love it. You’re so right! Nonetheless, hope you’re feeling better in any event. PG xox
Sounds like the pity party was pretty short lived – more an afternoon tea party perhaps? Except yours is global now. LOL
Surely it is OK to reflect on not feeling well without feeling guilty?
Knowing how under par feels helps us appreciate wellness and gives us empathy for others when they are unwell.
Really do hope you feel better soon.
Can’t we wallow just a little bit? Occasionally? Surely it makes you appreciate the times you are feeling super on top of the world so much more?
Are we synchronising?
Sorry to hear you are unwell Craig. I just wanted to say that you are entitled to feel a bit sorry for yourself…..its called NURTURING yourself and listening to your body…..its not a pity party….our lives are always only relative to everything else in the world so we cant compare one suffering to another.
I say take care of yourself, listen to the symptoms and seek out the help you need…..even YOU deserve a day or two on the couch