Dealing with Disappointment When It Comes to Sight Loss| Life After Sight Loss

[@marianm3218]

, appreciated this video on disappointment and the analogy with the fast-food mix up perfect thank you

[@brianfallon6326]

great video, I hope you get into counseling or tv/radio work, you are a great presenter and I think that might be a great career path for you.. As far as disappointment, I was asked to be a driver for press ding a Presidential campaign.. Needless to say I could not do it, but what an opportunity that cold have been.. Life goes on and even though I as disjointed, maybe it steered me away from one path to another that led me to my wife and daughter, my travels, etc..

[@KonjikiKonjiki]

Thanks for your timely video. My vision's been stable for several years, but has recently started deteriorating on the finer details. I'm an art hobbyist, and have had a few projects on the back burner for the next time I tackle a new undertaking. Was working in my art studio the other night and realised even with my desk magnifyer I can no longer see well enough to incorporate colouring or sketching into my projects the way I have to this point. One of my back burner projects was working through a text on Pacific Northwest Coast design basics. I've been holding onto this book for a few years, and was excited when I found it because it's not very commonly carried. I fortunately have a talented young niece who has already done some design work of her own in high school. So, I have someone to gift this book to as part of my release and grieving process.

[@myvisuallyimpairedlife5674]

After a while being visually impaired you become comfortable with your surroundings. I'm at home a lot and I get comfortable knowing where everything is and I start to feel like a normal person once again despite my vision loss. So then I'll sit there and think to myself I want to go do this, and whatever this maybe it just in my mind seems so simple and easy and I just feel like a do it. So then I go and try and I find out all over again how blind I really am. And that is very disappointing. And this happens to me at least once a day everyday. But there's certain things that I don't do for weeks at a time or a month and I feel it wouldn't be that hard if I tried it this time and it always ends up being just as hard as it was. I'm just saying it's easy to forget your problems but disappointment will always arrive again and again. But on a positive note they are just moments in time and I get through them. There is a lot of other things that I couldn't do or should I say I rather didn't want to do when I had my vision and I can do them now and I actually enjoy them. In other words there's always something brighter on the other side. I agree with Derek when he says find that middle ground because it's that middle ground that's going to make you feel comfortable with your world.

[@frankie5862]

Vincent Grasso totally agree! 😀

[@sabrina1985]

Hi Derek, Nice view youre Backyard near the water. Love youre video’s. Love sabrina

[@Marcopr2007]

I have been looking at job ads lately and the majority of them require a valid driving license, office jobs with that specific requirement... very disappointed

[@GloriaNak]

My employer won't allow me to advance to a management position because I don't drive. This is very disappointing, especially in the era of Uber and Lift. They are unwilling to look at ways I could overcome this limitation.

[@keybubba]

recently, I was speaking with a low vision technology dealer about purchasing a Magnifier, and I found out that they purchased used Magnifier as I was so excited I want to sell them mine only to find out that they would not buy mine because they already had 40 like mine in stock so now I just have my Magnifier with no place to sell it. That was super disappointing.