I’m new to POTS, but I’ve had Diabetes for 8 years, and Asthma for most of my life. Every new diagnosis is a blow. Every new symptom changes your life, and how you live it. It’s perfectly natural to grieve. I look around at my family and friends, and where they are at their lives, and it hurts. Grief comes and goes, and as many know, there’s 5 stages. And you can go thru them in cycles. Just remember, you still have a life to live, and you still have value. Please message me if you would like to talk more

Yes! Absolutely! 100%! I have been grieving my old life for 6 years. It’s hard. Like, really freaking hard.

Yes it is normal ive had my pain issues since 19 now 45 and I still crave and miss my life before it began

Absolutely. I’m 18 and still I miss my old life. I think back to when I was 9 running round all day. Bouncing on trampolines. Standing all day without a single pain. It’s okay to miss the life you had. To mourn the dreams you had that feel physically impossible now. It’s healthy to miss what you could’ve had but don’t punish your mind and your body for changing yk. You deserve to feel good even if your life has changed. You deserve to do the things you want to do even if you have to partially do them in a wheelchair. You deserve to live your life honouring your body’s new limits. Don’t ever drag yourself down because your body changed. Anyone can become disabled at ANY point in their lives so please remember that if anyone ever tries to put u down. You’re just as “normal” as anyone else xx everyone has the chance of becoming disabled xx it will never just be only you xxx