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Don't worry if you can't stay positive all the time. Focussing on that aspect can often be just another ball to juggle. But if you can subconsciously plant seeds of 'there is life after', that'd be good :)
I hated it at the time, hate how it's affected me on a much longer-term scale and still carry a deep fear that it's not really gone and I'm currently experiencing a short beautiful snapshot of what life could actually be like before it reclaims me and everything turns to shit again. Which is why I think I've only mentioned my experiences with it maybe three times in the last 10 years, and even then only quietly.
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Actually, that really helps, thanks for that.
The main problem I have right now is trying to get my round the 99% of the material on the interwebs about it being absolute doom and gloom and "you'll be fucked for the rest of your life" and "you'll never ever improve and nothing will ever cure you so you need to get used to it" and so forth. There are very few positive stories with people saying, hey I had that, but I got better - so I can't over-emphasise how helpful it is for you (of all people on this endurance cycling forum) to be saying just that.
It's sometimes difficult to stay positive as I'm sure you can imagine, but stories like that give me a bit more optimism. So cheers - glad you got better to become the machine you are today!