OT - A plea for kindness

HopefulNewbie wrote: I must share with you that I find this forum a little intimidating.
Most of you guys have been dealing with this for a very long time,
and tend to speak at a very knowledgeable level that is hard for someone like me to follow.
Please remember, if you can, how you felt at the beginning on this journey.

I remember very well how I felt. Scared, ignorant, overwhelmed, intimidated by this group.
I was lucky, though....I had a helpful member come upside my head w/a 2x4. He told me
you better wake up. You have OSA, your brain has been damaged and you are
not getting it. After crying in my beer for a few minutes....I got it.

I shut up. I started reading this group, books from the library....anything
I could get my hands on. Then, I started asking questions. I started trying stuff on my own.
I took control of my therapy. ....and if someone was snarky......BFD. I kept trying stuff.
Some worked, some didn't. I just kept at it. Today, I am my own best therapist.
Now, I get it. ..and I carried this cpap accomplishment into the rest of my life.
If I can do cpap, there is really nothing else I can't do.

It's not about us or them or he or nasty people....it's about you.
You do it, no one else does.
Get it? It's your life.

carbonman wrote:

HopefulNewbie wrote: I must share with you that I find this forum a little intimidating.
Most of you guys have been dealing with this for a very long time,
and tend to speak at a very knowledgeable level that is hard for someone like me to follow.
Please remember, if you can, how you felt at the beginning on this journey.

I remember very well how I felt. Scared, ignorant, overwhelmed, intimidated by this group.
I was lucky, though....I had a helpful member come upside my head w/a 2x4. He told me
you better wake up. You have OSA, your brain has been damaged and you are
not getting it. After crying in my beer for a few minutes....I got it.

I shut up. I started reading this group, books from the library....anything
I could get my hands on. Then, I started asking questions. I started trying stuff on my own.
I took control of my therapy. ....and if someone was snarky......BFD. I kept trying stuff.
Some worked, some didn't. I just kept at it. Today, I am my own best therapist.
Now, I get. ..and I carried this cpap accomplishment into the rest of my life.
If I can do cpap, there is really nothing else I can't do.

It's not about us or them or he or nasty people....it's about you.
You do it, no one else does.
Get it? It's your life.

2 X 4 Bruises go away with time, not fighting to overcome lifes problems last forever. Jim

thanks - I will register.

carbonman wrote:

HopefulNewbie wrote: I must share with you that I find this forum a little intimidating.
Most of you guys have been dealing with this for a very long time,
and tend to speak at a very knowledgeable level that is hard for someone like me to follow.
Please remember, if you can, how you felt at the beginning on this journey.

I remember very well how I felt. Scared, ignorant, overwhelmed, intimidated by this group.
I was lucky, though....I had a helpful member come upside my head w/a 2x4. He told me
you better wake up. You have OSA, your brain has been damaged and you are
not getting it. After crying in my beer for a few minutes....I got it.

I shut up. I started reading this group, books from the library....anything
I could get my hands on. Then, I started asking questions. I started trying stuff on my own.
I took control of my therapy. ....and if someone was snarky......BFD. I kept trying stuff.
Some worked, some didn't. I just kept at it. Today, I am my own best therapist.
Now, I get. ..and I carried this cpap accomplishment into the rest of my life.
If I can do cpap, there is really nothing else I can't do.

It's not about us or them or he or nasty people....it's about you.
You do it, no one else does.
Get it? It's your life.

"You've come far, pilgrim."

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068762/quotes

Bear Claw Chris Lapp: You've come far pilgrim.
Jeremiah Johnson: Feels like far.
Bear Claw Chris Lapp: Were it worth the trouble?
Jeremiah Johnson: [pause, then] Huh? What trouble?

viewtopic.php?f=1&t=33171&p=281484#p281484

NOBODY will care more about YOUR therapy than YOU will.
The sooner YOU take charge of YOUR therapy, the sooner YOU will see results.

I'm guessing it's been worth the trouble........


Den

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Wulfman... wrote: "You've come far, pilgrim."

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068762/quotes

Bear Claw Chris Lapp: You've come far pilgrim.
Jeremiah Johnson: Feels like far.
Bear Claw Chris Lapp: Were it worth the trouble?
Jeremiah Johnson: [pause, then] Huh? What trouble?

viewtopic.php?f=1&t=33171&p=281484#p281484

NOBODY will care more about YOUR therapy than YOU will.
The sooner YOU take charge of YOUR therapy, the sooner YOU will see results.

I'm guessing it's been worth the trouble........


Den

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One of my favorite movies of all time!

Thanks for the memory refresh

49er wrote:I am probably wasting my time but after a close friend died a few days ago, I thought I would take another shot. Hopefully, the person you are responding to hasn't experienced a death of someone close to them.

But when you respond, you don't know what is going on in their lives. They could be going through h-ll and your mean spirited posts could add gasoline to the fire.

Do you really want to be that type of person? Would you do that to people in real life or just on the Internet?

I am sure my pleas are going to fall on deaf ears but what the heck?

49er

The more you try to change other people, the more sad and disappointed you will become.

Best way to find your inner peace/kindness is to simply let people be who they are, accept it, and just be the kind/peaceful person you would like everyone else to be.

Just to be clear, No one has ever PMed my about any of my posts here. I just do not beat my head against a wall.

kteague wrote:49er, never hurts to try. We never know when someone might be in the mood to be receptive due to their own life circumstances. So sorry to hear you've lost someone dear to you. Puts things in perspective, doesn't it?

Thanks KT, it does put things into perspective. And thank you for the Michael Jackson lyrics. Very appropriate.

HopefulNewbie wrote:thanks - I will register.

Cpap is much more than the mechanics of blowing air up your nose.
It is an opportunity to make a trip into yourself.
It may be the trip of your life time.
A chance to discover who you really are
and what are you really capable of.

It will require patience, persistence and courage.

I'll see you on the road.

Nice response Carbonman.

Howdy Den. Gad your back... or are ya'?

Sheriff