Facebook (Meta) Support Groups

I recently joined a couple of Facebook (I'll never get used to calling it Meta) support groups. I uploaded a picture of my ESA (emotional support animal) and just briefly stated that he helped with my PTSD and feelings of loneliness. I don't know why I didn't just tell my story right there. Maybe it made me feel too exposed. Even thought it's been three years I still feel the effects of the trauma. I remember it like it was a dream I had except that the consequences are still with me and I feel their effect. I'm at a point in my recovery where I feel too good to be seeing doctors all the time like I used to, and not good enough to resume my "normal" life. Yes, normal has to be in quotes because, according to my neurologist, this is my normal now. I can't get past that feeling that somehow I'll get back to that normal. I should put that in my next support group entry. Do people still yearn for their old lives?

What I like about the posts in these support groups is that people are sharing their real feelings. I see common threads in the statements from my fellow TBI sufferers. Some of their statements really resonate with me. Some statements give me hope and others make me realize I still have a long way to go. The thing is that another common thread is that, after awhile, doctors really don't want to see you. I'm noticing that with my own neurologist. Basically, there's nothing new I can tell him so why see me more than every three months. I guess that's realistic, but why does it make me so sad.

I didn't mean for this post to end on a low note. I guess I need to go and practice some mindfulness to bring me to an appreciation of my current circumstances. I'll do that right now.