I am a very verbal person. Words are how I express my emotions and also how I process things. In my head, everything just jumbles together, but once I am with someone I trust who is willing to listen, I am able to verbally express and process what's going on inside. Sometimes I hate this about myself. To be honest, I still struggle with a lot of things I don't like about myself, but I'm slowly learning how to see the differences in who I am as gifts, rather than curses. Even though I am verbal, I have begun to hold back a lot. When people ask, "how are you?" I recognize that they really don't want to know how God-awful I've been feeling lately, how its a struggle to get out of bed and my kids tell me I'm no fun because I never feel good anymore. It's a formality. I never want to make it "all about me." I recognize that things could be worse. But that doesn't mean that they don't suck right now. Since my diagnosis nearly 8 mont...