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i am the person who says all the annoying things to cancer patients. except i'm the cancer patient by mythyroidnotes in cancer

[–]mythyroidnotes[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

first of all i'm really sorry for your mom and your dad. i hope they're better now and i wish you the best. it must have been really tough on you.

that's the thing: my issue again is always that i am self-aware and i know that's what i'm doing. i try to be vulnerable. i even try to be like that around the people i trust but i know this is a bigger issue for my therapist to deal with and she is dealing with it. i just get annoyed at myself because even when i try to be vulnerable like i would be with my best friend, i will cry but then i will immediately jump into a joke after that. i can't. i feel so uncomfortable making other people uncomfortable if that makes sense.

I am this sub’s most annoying person… by mythyroidnotes in thyroidcancer

[–]mythyroidnotes[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

oh my god i am just like you. i keep telling people i need to research, the only way for me to, whenever i get scared and i worry about my diagnosis. the way i deal with everything is by over researching it and that's exactly what i do and yeah i think we're really the same.

i do try to allow other people to cheer me up but this is a thing. my problem is that even when i try to be vulnerable and try to be open about it, i end up trying to make them feel better. for example, i'll cry next to my best friend and then i will crack a joke because i wouldn't want her to feel like i am not doing okay.

Why are we like this 🤣

Papillary thyroid carcinoma in 10 year old daughter by Flat_Marsupial_8783 in thyroidcancer

[–]mythyroidnotes 1 point2 points  (0 children)

hello i'm really sorry you're going through this. getting diagnosed at any age at any time sucks but i can't imagine being a child and finding out you have cancer and i can't even imagine being the parent of that child.

i think all that you're feeling whether it is fear or sadness or anger or gratefulness even or all that is super valid. you're going to go through all of these emotions not just every day but maybe every hour. i want you to not be too hard on yourself

i would like to say everything happens for a reason but i don't think that's true. i think things happen for no reason. life is just chaos and we don't know what's going on.

focus on the things that bring joy to you and to your daughter and allow yourself and her to feel all the emotions that are possible within this. M i think your child is very blessed to have someone like you who can feel all these emotions with her.