DISABILITIES: HOW DO YOU COPE WITH YOURS??

Thank you all for posting your story. It has definitely inspired me to be grateful for the suffering in life too.

I don't have a disability myself, but my eldest daughter has cerebral palsy, but still has fairly decent motor skills. It mainly effects her legs, but with botox treatment and physio therapy she is now able to walk, run, jump, dance. She also has hydrocephelus and has a shunt which drains the fluid off/from her brain. She was born at 28 weeks gestation and truly is a miracle. There was another little girl that was in the hospital with my daughter who was born at 27 weeks gestation and we stayed in contact with the parents for a little while. Their daughter has grown with no issues that I know of and there was a time where I thought "Why is it that as christians praying for their daughter and constantly asking God to be in our situation and asking for miracles my daughter has these issues and their daughter doesn't?" The other little girl's dad believed in Jesus. But, I believe that if my daughter didn't have the issues she has I would of forgotten that time God brought us through it. And that's the love of God, meeting me where I'm at being bigger than my selfishness and taking things for granted. Maybe it will be a reminder for my daughter too.

I believe God led me to the scripture in that time of Proverbs 3:5-6. - Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding. Acknowledge Him in all your ways and he will straighten your paths.

Thanks for starting this thread Ladyblue!

I can't even get the words out for this post, jogoldie. I haven't been able say anything but I just keep saying "Wow" over & over.
I've been through a lot physically but I cannot even begin to imagine breaking bones and certainly not this many.
Wow, Sister, just Wow - absolutely an example of God given strength and strength of character as well.
God Bless you in so many ways and for giving courage to those that may need some!

Your making me cry......you are so kind......I'm still limping...but I'm back to work and there
is no possible explanation for me.......But the love and plan God has for me.......and I know itself all
for the glory of God.........peace ...and thanks........jo

jo, you filled my tear ducts first. I've learned how to stop tears, but my ducts do swell like tiny peas.
Just came from the 'Hugs' thread. Sending gentle hugs your way.
I think you've given others a Lot of courage. I pray that I can be just one of them.
GBY!

I was born with a heart condition were they had to replace my heart valve, My parents were told I wasn't going to live past a year and had to take a heart med for the rest of my life (I'm 31 now) I was also born with no hearing, my parents and family never knew untill I was 3 even the doctors missed it. I also have some learning disability. I go to a Disabled class in school. When I was 25 I had another heart surgery were they gave me a new and stronger artificial heart valve and that I didn't need my heart meds anymore. I been diagnose with lots of things as. Baby but passed all of it and that they called me a fluke. But then as kid I was known as God's special child.. I felt embarrassed for it since I was the oldest and that I felt my sisters were jealous of me..I didn't like who I was and that when we grew up my sister had a higher education then I did I hated being slow and often time had a bully in my school who accused me of stuff and called me retard. But by the time I was in JR high we moved from that small town with a small school to a bigger school. I was grateful to meet others like me in some was and that I knew God had taken care of me. I was introduced to 4 good close friends who had a learning disability like me. In my elementary school back in the small town I was with the mentally challeng kids..felt akward and was embarrassed then felt better after moving to JR high in another town much more variety of studens with a disability.

​Abbey, you most certainly are a very special child of God. As are we all.

Thanks so are you and all this reading <3

Blue,your story truly is a sad one. I have more than one disability, my brain was damaged twice in the front part so I have a hard time remembering things and paying attention and following simple commands, not to mention how badly my body was damaged from both my abusive parents and from cancer. I cannot do things others can I have to be taken care of like a child, I have to constantly be reminded to take my pills and shots even though I have been doing it for years and I basically am not fit to survive in this world on my own and am weak in pretty much every area of living in this world.

But I always say that there is always someone who has it or had and still has it worse and you are living proof what I say is true. As for how I cope with it and how it makes me feel I don't let it bother me. I don't question why I had to go through all I did or why I am the way I am. I look back on all that and see that God allowed all this so I would be the kind of person I am today. when I was saved and I was questioned on how I am able to handle all that and not blame God I used to say that for every way I am weak in the world God made me strong in his and I still believe this to this day and clearly blue the same goes for you.

hello again, I like CC cause it's fun & uplifting. thanks bye

I'm profoundly deaf in both ears, connected to military service. I use digital hearing aids, and they help, but they don't help as much as I'd like. I seem to have adapted quite a bit because I have become very sensitive to vibrations and pressure changes - I can feel vibrations in the ground when a car passes by and I can feel pressure changes on my skin when someone opens the door of a small room.

I don't mind being deaf.. I can get a good night sleep when the neighbors are fighting

I have LD, yeah there are people that tell me things that hurt my feelings & make me feel like giving up. But I'm better, I can talk & then walk away. May god help them

​amen, angelpie.. all things are possible with God..

I have highly functional autism.... from what I read, I was about to cry. I'm happy for all of u who have found the disabilities you guys have, are life changing.

Mine is a bit hard to swallow....
When I was young my mom gave me a babysitter to watch me over as my parents work. One day my mom caught my babysitter strangling me, because I couldn't verbally say anything I want, I started to speak at the age of three... nicknamed my supposed to be service dog, but I love him like heck. His name is honor. My parents are asking me what to name my dog, they heard me say honor, but I was asking for a cup of water. Lol I found that a bit blissful.

When it came to school, it was hell, not the great big cloud that I called paradise before stepping foot into that school. I was beaten, and verbally abused, and when I get home, I sometimes hide my bruises. Because I don't know how to handle it. So it had continued and the school thought my parents abused my brother and I. Which is really sad, because ,y parents did everything they can, especially on a tight budget.

After q couple of hurricanes and resolving the school, my parents, my brother and I moved north. Where we basically start our life over together. I'm still learning how to speak and also learning my mannerisms. And then we got our place here now, which I can call home.

When I entered my new school, I found a friend sitting by himself, not the best looking decent guy, but I found out to be nice and not let people be lonely so I welcomed him. Then people start calling me harsh names, even gay. In that same new year... I got sexually abused by a guy... and I hate saying this, because people will start to judge me. So I hid that secret til five to seven years later. I told mom and dad about my bullying situations after several counselors didn't understand me, nor did they cared.... so every time they asked if I'm okay, I say sure.

By then my parents put me into homeschooling so I can recover from being bullied. Then I met my moms dad, he was my first mentor from my research I have now. I'm brightly intelligent, and I'm learning social skills. Currently I made a prototype. After homeschooling and some mentoring, I went back into high school. Where I found one of my aggressive bullies come to apologize to me, I was shocked, I even forgive him because he never understood me, and took my social disability I have to crush me. He even hugged me which I then cried. I told him I had autism and it was hard on me to make lots of friends. Even understand what's going on. So we came good buddies after that.

In junior year, after one of the most hardships I have ever faced. Was flashbacks of me being abused. So I hid it and thought I can brave it, but it ended up to me arguing against my family and me being rude, which I hate it and still done. Til one point I cried in class three months later. I typed to my mom on Facebook saying, I'm sorry foe hurting you guys, and I wanted to talk to you about something important. I was full of tears, I was a christian back then and still currently. I thought I was going to he disowned because I went through that horrible experience that gave me a sexualized addiction, still virgin. But not happy. So I told them all about it, they understood and got me out of school and got me a parfait. They handed me a laptop for my birthday, I cried for relief and sadness. I was overwhelmed.

Now I'm working on my five or so years on my research of free energy, I'm talking mostly fluent, I'm suppressing my addictions by talking to pastors and pray for healing. Heck I made a prototype! I'm happy for who I am, I'm helping others than myself most of the time. I even get down sometimes but, by helping, it cheers me up. Hopefully I will have a right, and clean relationship with a girl some day and have a holyful relationship with my man Jesus!

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I'm also here to listen and do my best to help, I'm no counselor, but I'm always here to listen.

My disability is pretty minor TMJ (my jaw dislocates from time to time and tries to and few others that crop but dont really affect me like noise anxiety to thunder - for some reason it makes me nauseaus (shock i guess) and tendonitis (must admit its pretty painful) the odd time) in relation to others mentioned here but something personally I say for myself that Ive learned is to trust God be grateful and the main thing is not pitying myself when you do that youre focusing on yourself not others. I also think of heaven the glories of the soon to be next life dont compare with our trials - Apostle Paul.

I totally agree, Missy.. we need to always trust God, no matter what our situation is. Self-pity does not help, it only produces a temporary fix to the actual problem.. I've learned to thank God for my problems, they have made me into the strong person I am today..

I only came across this thread over the weekend. and i remembered my sister who was daignosed with rheumatic heart as a child/teen. After a stay at the hospital, then the shots of thick Penadur was it wc hurt when injected, which they said she needs a long time... she said she was stopping teh shots left and right thighs and buttocks monthly(?). For some reason, she did not have trouble with her heart again and was just glad she didnt need them anyway(!) and the doctor visits and shots stopped.
i didnt have a physical disability, but some time ago managed to enrol in subject on Special Ed wc was an eye opener. And btw, we were taught not to call them disabled,but rather persons with disability or pwd's. I didnt notice this thread right away, and besides there's limited time to read a lot, but thanks blue for this because while we grew up not ridiculing'different' or special classmates or co-workers, i did not really kind of see them and their needs until i grew up and realized the need for those pwd priority lanes and ramps, etc.

Oh! When i was young I had problems with asma.

Now I´m healthy, at least bodily.

That´s a reason to thank God.