Can you force a NDE?

[Leo Gura]

6 minutes ago, cetus said:

If I could have one day with healthy legs, I'd dance my ass off. Maybe even walk up to a pretty girl and say hello.

Do you use a wheelchair?

[cetus]

Yes. The legs don't go far, and I have about zero balance.

[Leo Gura]

2 minutes ago, cetus said:

Yes. The legs don't go far, and I have about zero balance.

I see. Is there a prognosis of recovery for you? Any medical solutions on the horizon?

How old are you?

Edited October 8 by Leo Gura

[cetus]

The best meds just slow progression.

[Natasha Tori Maru]

25 minutes ago, cetus said:

My legs used to take me wherever I wanted to go. I now have MS and that has all changed. I miss the freedom I once had to live life. I could just get up and go and do whatever I wanted. That was sweet. What freedom!  My best dreams are the ones where I have normal legs again.

Holy shit - I am so sorry to hear this.

I do not own a car to reduce overhead costs and assist with less environmental impact.

As a result I walk everywhere as my transport. I arrange my life to be able to live this way. It also reduces stress and lets me engage in walking contemplation/meditation.

No joke - every day. EVERY DAY. Every morning. I wake up and feel flooded with gratitude and appreciated for my body. For the life I have. For my mind. For my ability. I never want to take it for granted. Ever. Even something as simple as walking up and down the stairs to my apartment. A small achillies injury could wipe that out. I am almost 40 now, and the body changes. I appreciate it all. Because I know one day I will be unable to do what I do now. It will all be taken away.

I build medical centres so all my work has a focus on disability. So much design and thought goes into it.

People are ridiculously unaware of how ableist they are

<3

[cetus]

Maybe in the future something like Neuralink could be an option.

Edited October 8 by cetus

[cetus]

@Natasha Tori Maru I look back and think how I took something so simple as walking from point A to point B for granted.

It's true when they say, "You don't know what you have till it's gone".

[Leo Gura]

@cetus Sorry man. Life gets real difficult sometimes.

[theoneandnone]

I will say I’m blessed to not have physical health issues besides migraines and some stomach issues but unfortunately I got absolutely fucked in the mental department like I’m seriously mentally so fucked lol probably why I resonate with this forum and that’s not a diss or anything 

[Natasha Tori Maru]

6 minutes ago, cetus said:

@Natasha Tori Maru I look back and think how I took something so simple as walking from point A to point B for granted.

It's true when they say, "You don't know what you have till it's gone".

I really understand.

Some sections of the hospitals need special handles on doors for people who cannot articulate their fingers properly. Door hardware is custom designed to help users.

Little things like turning a door handle or holding a kettle make me reflect on how capable I am. All the time.

It is very humbling.

Edited October 8 by Natasha Tori Maru

[cetus]

Just now, Leo Gura said:

@cetus Sorry man. Life gets real difficult sometimes.

On the bright side I must be burning off tons of Karma.

[cetus]

20 minutes ago, Natasha Tori Maru said:

Some sections of the hospitals need special handles on doors for people who cannot articulate their fingers properly. Door hardware is custom designed to help users.

Yes, levers are much easier to use than knobs that need to be twisted. Door handles and faucets for instance.

[cetus]

27 minutes ago, theoneandnone said:

unfortunately I got absolutely fucked in the mental department

You need to turn that shit around and get on the good foot.

 

[cetus]

@theoneandnone  Neurofeedback can work wonders for correcting negative thought patterns by re-wiring the brain. You should really look into it. I think it could help you a lot.

[theoneandnone]

28 minutes ago, cetus said:

@theoneandnone  Neurofeedback can work wonders for correcting negative thought patterns by re-wiring the brain. You should really look into it. I think it could help you a lot.

Thanks I’ll look into it!

[Nemo28]

@cetus May you find relief for your suffering, may you be supported by universe and get better and walking again someday. 

Thank you for letting us appreciate what we take for granted. 

Blessing! 

[Franz_]

@_Archangel_ what kind of things you experienced? i mean incredible things,like whats the limit etc  just curious.

[Oppositionless]

17 hours ago, cetus said:

My legs used to take me wherever I wanted to go. I now have MS and that has all changed. I miss the freedom I once had to live life. I could just get up and go and do whatever I wanted. That was sweet. What freedom!  My best dreams are the ones where I have normal legs again.

I've really been internally bitching about being too shy to cold approach (something that can easily be fixed by finding a decent wing) , and meanwhile people can't walk.

Fuck.

Would it be worth going into serious debt for prosthetics ?

Edited October 8 by Oppositionless

[_Archangel_]

@Franz_ i was 20 or something, laying on bed.
At a certain point, and it was like the limits of my body ceased to be real. They where still there, untouched, I was still there, on the bed, but i suddenly felt like a silent infinite void, i was hollow, yet still full of all the things that made up my identity.

It was as if a charachter  in a videogame realized it was made of colored dots and appearing on a screen. Experience felt like the symmetric crumbling of a perfect mandala made of a billions of grains. Everything fell but flowed the same at the same time. Objects felt like holograms.

Then i knew that this experience is  infinite and eternal, no metter who's in charge.  
My conception of reality changed that day. It evolved much since then, but at the time it was a very cool, yet quiet realization for me.

[cetus]

@Nemo28 Thank you.