Focus on the Family 3

Well, Johnathan and Kevin are back home from the hospital now having had loads of tests done and completed.  Do you know, I had thought that while they were away in hospital it would give me lots of time to write and I’d be able to catch up and get things done?

However, in spite of my best intentions, I discovered that actually, I just didn’t have ANY inspiration at all to do some writing.  In fact, there was no way I could even think about topics to write.  The stress of being at home alone without the two of them was enough for me to deal with, without adding anything to it.

I think also part of the problem was that I needed to give myself a break.  The fact of Johnathan having been ill for so long had put a tremendous strain on my body and mind.  I needed to take the time to just rest and recover.

Not that I wanted Johnathan to need to spend time in hospital, but it has confirmed he definitely DOES have a post viral syndrome and he needs psychiatry and physiotherapy to help him learn how to manage the condition.  I will admit it’s hard for anybody to get their head around, but for an autistic person who tend to deal in only black and white, true and false, right and wrong, yes and no etc, the comprehension is even more complex.  

We can’t separate the body and mind even in everyday life, so need to accept the fact that it also exists when we are unwell.  However, knowing it and understanding it can be two totally different things.

TREASURE

Accepting the mind-body link in every area of life is essential to begin to understand how we function and operate.