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A Childhood Lesson That Might Help You With Your ALS Diagnose
ALS News Today’s forums moderator, Amanda Sifford, discusses how a childhood lesson helped Dagmar adjust to her ALS diagnoses and play the game of Life with a positive attitude!
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Listen to this flash briefing episode and share your thoughts in the comment section below! Do you have a similar childhood lesson or story? Let us know!
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Excellent analysis of how we handle our diagnosis . My childhood memory is from horseback riding…no matter how hard you get thrown you dust yourself up and get back on the saddle .
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That is a good one Susan! Thank you for sharing it 🙂
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I adore this story. I think it was a stroke of genius that your father inserted this “ game-changing” strategy into competitive play. One minute you are “on the top” and perhaps “gloating” ( always annoying) and then suddenly the game board rotates, and “voila”, you are suddenly confronted with a a whole new reality and perspective-and how you react is everything. It doesn’t necessarily build character—but it sure reveals it! And over time, if you stay in the game, it builds resiliency. All families should play this version of a board game together and also discuss how changing the game board, suddenly, without warning makes one feel and how it relates to life’s events. The discussion is important and parents need to talk about how they feel too-and share their own strategies for coping and thriving in spite of how “unfair” or “shocking” it is. How does one grieve, regroup, and move on to play another day?
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