It occurs to me, and was suggested by my shrink as well, that I’m in a slump because I’m grieving. Mourning the loss of my ability, grieving the life I don’t get to have. It’s not so much a depression as it is going through one of the stages of loss.
Today I came across this link:
What you say vs what grief-stricken people hear
And it’s all truth, all of it. And I’ve heard a lot of these, and God help me I’ve said some of them. I’ve filed it away in my ALS bookmark folder, but it occurs to me that I should probably have a link page on this blog, for articles that have explained things better than I could.
Anyway, there’s that.
This may help (or may make things worse):
http://www.timjlawrence.com/blog/2015/10/19/everything-doesnt-happen-for-a-reason
(warning: long)