Author: AnnaLarsson

When you feel alone among people

It can be lonely to be the only one with a disease like Crohn’s Disease. Even the closest family have a hard time to understand why you are okey one day but not the next. Sometimes it would be nice to have someone to talk to, who are in the same situation.

There was one person when finding out about the diagnose in 1998. We never met in person, but we wrote letters to each other. It was a relief to talk to someone who understood all the feelings, the pain and all new things with doctors and medication that came up. This person stopped to write one day, and we never heard from each other again. Many years have passed sense then and what ever happened will always be unknown to me.

First contact in years

When this blog started there was one person who reached out. That was unexpected and overwhelming. For years, having no contact with others in the same situation maybe got a bit too much. There where so many things to say, all the experience that was bottled up just poured out and probably scared this person away. Hopefully the conversation gave some relief and hope for the future. Life will not end when getting a diagnose but it will change and there are much to learn. You can still live a good and happy life.

There is a lot to learn about this experience, more listening and less talking for example. Hopefully connecting with each other can help us get through the hard times that follows with our disease but also enjoying the good times that will come along in life.

Stories out there

You all have your own stories, and they are a part of you. They have gotten you to where you are today and it’s your choice where you want to go from here. Hopefully you can find someone who can listen and support you on your journey, some of you may already have that someone who inspire, guide, and support you and the choices you make.

Everyone has the possibility to help others by listening and being a guiding star in someone else’s life. The experiences we all have is unique, others can have similar stories, but they are not the same. Your story is your own and with you sharing it, someone might feel relief and comfort in what you say and do. Sometimes you might not even know you helped that one person, just by being you.   

Inspired?

If you feel inspired of this journey, then hopefully you will start the walk on your own trail forward to find your way to the daily inner smiles. If you have any questions, you are welcome to ask them, there may not be an answer but together we might find some way forward. You can use the email address in this link welcome@annastrail.com to make contact.

See you all until next time and remember to find your smile!

Eyes and brain

Recently an article showed up on FB that was interesting. It was new research about what you see and what your brain interprets the information into.

The scientists have found out that things your eyes see is not what your brain says you see. The brain is more like a crystal ball than a computer as everyone believed before. That’s because the brain wants to predict what will happen in the future so the best choices are made for us at the moment and make us do the best decisions in the now.

In theory, the brain compares our previous experiences with what the eyes see and experience that we have had in our earlier life. Then the brain fills in data that is consistent with what we have previously experienced and perceived in previous similar situations.

One example of that is when you see something in the corner of your eye. The eye can’t tell what it is. The brain lays the puzzle according to what you have previously experienced and tells you what it was you saw. If what you saw looked like something with five legs and a hight around your knee your brain will probably tell you that it was a medium sized dog. It could have been a goat or something else but in similar situations it usually has been a dog.

Source copied date 2021-08-23. The article is in Swedish.

https://illvet.se/manniskan/hjarnan/ditt-liv-ar-en-hallucination

Makes you wonder

It’s fascinating and makes you wonder what is true about your life. Is everything just an illusion? It also makes everything possible, when you can’t trust what you see you will be more open to other possibilities. If you see a blue colour and your friend, see another colour than both of you can be right. It depends on your earlier experiences.

What if your life is all an hallucination? Is that a good or a bad thing?

It makes you se that you are not that important in this universe, but you are necessary in the big picture. Your life has a meaning playing a part in everything that only you can play. Like the smallest part in an engine, without it the engine will not work as it should, maybe even crash and burn.

What is our part

If we have a part to play, what part is that? Well, that must be up to you to find out, I guess. It’s like answering the question “what’s the meaning of life?”. Impossible to answer at the top of your head. It can be many things, right?

Can this part change throughout the years? When you get older and wiser, you might have another path to follow. Does knowledge change where you are going and what’s important for you or do, we stay the same in our being through our life?

What if our part in life is like in the movie “Men in Black”? Is that really a crazy idea or can it be one truth?

As you see, I’m a bit confused about this. Its really interesting and my imagination is running wild. It’s quite fun to fantasize about what if…

Inspired of our journey?

If you feel inspired of our journey, we hope you will start your own trail forward to find your way to your daily inner smiles. If you have any questions, you are welcome to ask them, we may not have the answer but together we might find some way forward. You can use the email address with this link welcome@annastrail.com to make contact.

See yaaa all next time and remember to find your smile!