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Acceptance
Hello to all my friends here at Alopecia World.
I hope this new year is finding you well.
I'm writing about acceptance tonight. As you may know the slogan at Alopecia World is "Where acceptance is all there is. This holds esspecially true to me. I have been accepting me my entire life. Not only me but accepting of everyone.
I have had alopecia for just under a year and a half.
My first 6 months with this condition was awful. I didn't know what was happening to me. I was grieving and I was angry and scared.
But then along came Alopecia World in March 08. I realized I was not alone and that alopecia is real and not a bad dream.
Then came my first NAAF conference in June 08. I actually met real people in real life going through what I was going through. What an eye opener.
There are five stages of grief:
1 Denial (This isnt happening to me)
2 Anger (Why is this happening to me?)
3 Bargaining ( I promise I will be a better person if i...)
4 Depression ( I dont care anymore)
5 Acceptance ( I am ready for whatever comes)
I consider myself very lucky to have been able to reach acceptance in such a short period of time.
I couldn't have made it without all of you.
Thanks and Happy New Year!!!
Jeff
I hope this new year is finding you well.
I'm writing about acceptance tonight. As you may know the slogan at Alopecia World is "Where acceptance is all there is. This holds esspecially true to me. I have been accepting me my entire life. Not only me but accepting of everyone.
I have had alopecia for just under a year and a half.
My first 6 months with this condition was awful. I didn't know what was happening to me. I was grieving and I was angry and scared.
But then along came Alopecia World in March 08. I realized I was not alone and that alopecia is real and not a bad dream.
Then came my first NAAF conference in June 08. I actually met real people in real life going through what I was going through. What an eye opener.
There are five stages of grief:
1 Denial (This isnt happening to me)
2 Anger (Why is this happening to me?)
3 Bargaining ( I promise I will be a better person if i...)
4 Depression ( I dont care anymore)
5 Acceptance ( I am ready for whatever comes)
I consider myself very lucky to have been able to reach acceptance in such a short period of time.
I couldn't have made it without all of you.
Thanks and Happy New Year!!!
Jeff
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Comment by Nants the Rebellion Dog on January 3, 2009 at 3:18pm
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You have alopecia? And I thought you just had purple flower hair!
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Comment by rj, Co-founder on January 4, 2009 at 12:27am
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Jeff, it means the world to us that Alopecia World has meant so much to you. Keep looking up and reaching out to others. You're making a much greater difference than you probably realize. :-)
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Comment by Lee on January 4, 2009 at 12:38am
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Aw Jeff...we are on similar time lines (AU 10/07)..not sure if I'm accepting yet though...i think I'm still bargaining ; ) I'm pretty sure REALLY good things NEED to happen to even it out....I could be way off..hope not ; ) Happy New Year!!
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Comment by Alison on January 4, 2009 at 2:48am
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yep yes, went through all those stages and once in a while i go back to a few of them... i really wish i could go to a alopecia conference, but i'm in perth australia and no one will come here.
well i'm going to stick my head in the freezer because its sooooo hott here!!!
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Comment by Alexandra Rinderer on January 4, 2009 at 4:54am
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Thank you Jeffrey! You're right, this website is a gift. It's nice to know that the world doesn't revolve around my head, hehe.
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Comment by Val on January 4, 2009 at 5:49pm
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Thanks for the great blog!
One of the benfits of Alopecia is I have learned something that I think you embody - being happy doesn't keep bad things from happening, but happy people don't feel so bad when they do.
Keep smilin'!
Val (c:
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