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Date: 10/15/00
Time: 5:29:03 AM
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I think you are on target. I have been blessed with a number of chronic pathologies (e.g., PKD, substance abuse, obesity). I have only sought help when the pain was unbearable to handle. (When I was sick and tired of being sick and tired.) If after several attempts at help, I failed ; the therapy failed; or the clinicians failed; I moved to my protective cocoon. I was not any better--probably worse because my hopes were smashed. But I was as safe as I was going to be--at least in my mind. I was coping, but I was miserable and terribly isolated. I suspect there are many how stutter who stay hidden and are in constant pain and unending pain.