Hey Pandas, What’s Something You Did That Is An Accomplishment To You Despite It Being Easy For Most People? (Closed)

A whole odyssey if you are ill. Big hug

My wife has chronic back pain (degenerated disks in her lower back) and I admire how much she does every day.

I have Fibromyalgia and other overlapping conditions, I amazing on days I can get out of bed!!!!

Me Too getting up and breathing I have COPD

I have a chronic illness too, im proud of you :)

That is so admirable!

You rock! I did it with 21 after quittig "Highschool" at 17 together with my then and now bestfriend when she was around 30.

That is fantastic! I admire your courage and perseverance!

i did my license when i was 19, and needed so many more lessons than my friends. i was a super nervous driver for most for the time. i t helped to understand why it was like that ( i hate parking and that made me nervouse even before i started the car...) and than just driving routes that i knew. it also helped a lot to start driving an automatic rather than a manuell car :D you will get better!

My mom started to drive again after the divorce. After a decade of not driving she took additional lessons. It helped but she stayed a rather nervous driver in a family of wannabe racecar drivers. It's ok and it will get easier.

54 here and never learned. You are doing way better than me.

Well done, it's never too late. Well, it probably is for me, due to chronic illness and medications, at 49 I don't think I will ever get my license.

Taking the increasing speed gradually! I would never have thought of that, but it seems to have worked!

Yay!

I thought it was just me and a very rude thing to but i have the same problem! Have fought with friends over this as well!

Why can't we just send e-mails? Phone calls are a pain in the a* :)

yikes

With you; 35 years of developing strategies and coping mechanisms to enable me to handle everyday situations.

Me too! Chaotic, going 100 mph, on what I call a broken record.. it great...

A wiser older guy told me at about 20 a phrase I've lived by since........ 'no is always an option'......... took me a couple of years before i felt comfortable saying it more, but it was so empowering to use it when needed. There are a minority of people in this world that go through it purely on the basis of no one saying 'no' to them when they ask for a 'favour'..... and they exploit other people's politeness..... and they know they're doing it , it's not innocence, they just know how hard it is to say no sometimes....... the simple act of saying a firm "I said 'no'" cuts out all their s**t and gives you enough time t o put effort into the ones you want to say yes to because they're genuine rather than lazy. go you.

I never had an issue with your first topic but the second one hits home. I never managed keeping savings till a few years back - even my inheritance is long gone. Now I try keeping them growing like a plant and I love seeing them grow.

Go you! I had to dig myself out of a deep hole after my husband died with no life insurance. Even though I now have my degree and make great money, I still carry the paranoia from that time - answering unknown callers, checking the mail, and looking at my doorknob when I get home in fear of having a shut off tag. Keep going no matter what setbacks you face. If I can get my credit score from 485 to 790 you can too!

This was my creation! DSC_1050-6...114330.jpg

Baking is super difficult for me. Specially because even if you follow the instructions to a T things like the oven you have or even the weather can affect it. Also because cooking gets better practising but you cant make a cake everyday

Very small room for an error in baking. In cooking you can usually make adjustments

If your wife doesn't want to eat it, I will! It looks delicious!

I have Fibromyalgia and CFS/ME so I can understand how difficult certain tasks can be I bought a sifting cat Iitter box on Amazon, makes cleaning up much easier. I need 3 or 4 bed rest days a week to function, everything is a challenge and my life is checks and balances: how much energy I have, what I have to do compared to what I want to do... Sending strength and gentle hugs 💜🦋💜

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So? how many fu*ks shouted today ;)

Who downvoted this? Who the f**k downvoted this?! Someone is introverted, and hates talking to people, and someone doesn't like that! What the f**k is wrong with people.

There! a big fat upvote for you Isa.

thank you

I emphasise. Some days just having a shower is an accomplishment and not a wasted day.

Never discount those little victories. They add up.

congratz! that's huge!!

I don't pity you and am not sympathetic: so there! But well done you, you are TOP-ramen.

I feel that. I have suffered from those for the past 5 years and some days just living is a struggle. I'm proud of you! 😊

Somewhere I heard that our secrets are our illness. Do your best to peel back the layers that you put on to protect yourself. Some of them are no longer necessary and the things we feared are not even there anymore. Best of everything to you

respect! i still can't talk about everything that's on my mind with my therapist. it's been 4 years and still i can't. but we're working at it

For me, I make it silly and say "I want oreos." or something like that