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I know this isn't really posted in the right place. But this is where I saw the posts that made me think this. This is NOT directed at anyone specific. Just my opinion.

I see so many posts on here with people giving their opinion or restating information that they've read elsewhere as undeniable fact. People saying things are possible or impossible. People giving up faith, losing hope, beginning to accept that their lives will never change and that this is the way it has to be forever. There is so much despair here. There is so much doubt and fear.

I wish that everyone could be pain free, comfortable, happy, content...

The thing is that no one can give those things to another person. You have to achieve them yourself.

Here's my opinion. Not fact, just what I know to be true for myself.

EVERYTHING is possible. Yes, everything. It likely will seem impossible, difficult, unreachable. It may feel like a punishment. It may seem unfair or like whatever unseen powers are out there are out to get you. It may take days or months or years to reach your goal. Life is hard, but there is much happiness and possibility to gain within it. You have to be your own advocate for your health and for your life in general. If you know in your heart that a diagnosis or piece of advice isn't right, don't accept it. Go to someone else. Find something that will work. The point is: Don't give up!

Offer help to other people instead of finality. Be willing to be open to new ideas and thoughts. Try different things. You never know what will happen until you try.

No matter how hopeless things may seem, there is always hope. If you're alive, it's not too late. I spent so long thinking that my pain and discomfort would always be and that there was nothing that I could ever do about it. Stop focusing on the symptoms and focus on the possibilities and how you can overcome whatever it is that you are having to deal with.

I hope that this doesn't offend anyone. I'm not trying to tell anyone that they are right or wrong. I'm just saying that I know, for myself, that all things are possible. There is always hope.

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If you're not dead, you've still got time.

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