Gil Alter

you can feel sudden anger or agitation and have no idea it’s because your nervous system just registered an uncomfortable sensation in your body as a threat. your nervous system doesn’t wait for you to notice the discom… See more

It’s possible to be in pain and still be in an okay mood

There are years after the diagnosis where your body is already failing and you still look like someone who should be able to handle things. So people expect things from you. And you let them. Because nothing on you prove… See more

You think you spread heaviness. What actually happens is different. When you show up as you are, my system stops tightening. No performance. No pretending. Just… less tension in the room.

Living for years with a degenerative neurological condition gives you a lot of real-time data on what your thoughts can do to you. This is one of the few things that actually helped: You are not only inside the drama.… See more

People think chronic illness is all about limits. What they don’t see is the precision it gives you. You learn to spend energy like it’s gold. You stop wasting time on fake people, fake goals, fake urgency. I learned ho… See more

Habits are what show up when hope is gone. And when things get harder - and they might - what will carry you? The optimism in the doctor’s office? Most of the focus goes to stopping the disease. Medication. MRIs. The ne… See more

Sometimes you say “I’m stressed” like that explains anything It doesn’t. It’s just a cover word. A lazy label you throw on top of a very specific thing. Your nervous system isn’t vague like that. It’s actually annoyingl… See more

People stop trying to understand truth because everything feels too complex or politicized. So they outsource thinking to tribes.

If no one disagrees with you, you are probably thinking inside the system. Original thinking creates friction by default. No fear.

Give a damn - just not about their judgment!

Losing the race? Which race?

Be careful where you build your “emotional home”. When illness limits your body, your world shrinks. Naturally, you start leaning more on the people close to you. Your partner. A friend. Family. Not just for help - but f… See more

some days you push some days you reduce both count

What are you a beginner at these days?

“I hope you feel better” It is one of those lines people say when they don’t know what to do with you. Not in a mean way. Just… they need it to be temporary. Like you caught something. Like you will shake it off. But you… See more

Stop saying “I am…” Start saying “I’m experiencing…” “I am broken” → identity “I’m dealing with pain today” → condition This sounds small. It isn’t. Language is how the brain builds identity.

Symptoms are not identity. Illness is a condition, not a personality. I am always working on my ‘non-illness anchors’ - parts of life that have nothing to do with the illness. Not as escape. As structure. - a small rout… See more

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