Stories of Acceptance

Here are some I found, along with a few sections I've copied from the articles:

https://www.thecut.com/2019/01/precocious-puberty-patrick-burleigh.html

I spent the majority of my life hiding it, lying about it, repressing it, and avoiding it. This feeling of freakishness, of being strange and different, persisted well into adulthood, such that I refused to talk about it with anyone other than close friends and family.

We learned that we could biopsy the embryos to find out if any of them carried the mutant LHCGR gene: the mutant responsible for a childhood rife with shame, embarrassment, and bullying; the mutant responsible for my violent, antisocial behavior as a boy; the mutant responsible for the troubled adolescence that my father, grandfather, great-grandfather, and I all endured, an adolescence that nearly delivered each of us to jail or worse. If one of our embryos tested positive for a mutation of the LHCGR gene, we could eliminate it. My body would be the final destination of the disease that had defined my family for generations.

Still, four years ago, when faced with the prospect of having a son with precocious puberty, selecting against the genetic mutation seemed like the obvious choice. If it had caused me so much trauma, if I had spent most of my adult life hiding it, why not just do the test and discard the embryos that carried the mutation? Yet I couldnt shake the feeling that eliminating the mutant gene would be eliminating the very thing that, for better or worse, had defined me.

https://multiplesclerosis.net/living-with-ms/accepted-came-terms-with/

I had quickly accepted that I had MS and that it was affecting what I thought was normal but that was different than what this is, this is what coming to terms is (in my own opinion). You see, now I am finally ok with these many unknowns and though taking any sort of action in life without having all the answers is scary, I am certain that so long as I am moving forward in some way that I will eventually find a solution.

https://themighty.com/2016/08/accepting-your-body-limitations-with-chronic-illness-and-pots/

I hope Ill reach acceptance soon, and learn to listen to (and respect) what my body is telling me, but I am aware that its a process. Ill always have days where I get upset or frustrated with my body and situation, and thats OK. Im mourning a person that used to be a big part of my life, and the hole thats been left by her is going to feel all-consuming sometimes. But I can adjust to this new life, without the future, able-bodied me by my side to guide me. And if that adjustment sometimes includes wistfully watching strangers jogging down the street while I walk sedately, or look out of a window, then thats OK too.

Jennifer Vaughan has a youtube channel where she discusses her HIV+ status.

An earlier video of hers where she discusses how she contracted HIV and it being far from ideal (start at 6 minutes if you're not interested in her discussing her test results at the time and explaning the low probability of passing it on to her boyfriend) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BskQcVHGDZM

Less than 2 years later, her mindset has changed on how she feels about contracting the virus and how she discovered she had it (start at 4 minutes) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ggM4cq0jTM

Rethinking Denial https://www.danceofpartnership.com/Denial_Article.pdf

This one is a little different - it questions whether when parents are said to be in denial ragarding their childrens' disabilities if this is an accurate assessment.