A friend of mine referred to the term “Radical Acceptance” the other day, but she didn’t remember the context she found it in or what it means. Anyway, later in the conversation, we came up with a good guess.

About a month ago, I had a phone conversation to schedule an appointment. And I guess I hadn’t had enough coffee to wake myself up, or had too much going on, or my mind was racing for some reason; and I  ended up saying “I’m having trouble thinking right now.” And my caregiver, who overheard, really teased me about that one after I hung up. I know that I, with a head injury and sometimes very real trouble thinking, should have been offended, but I wasn’t the least bit so; I love being teased. Is this what is meant by radical acceptance? I think so–it’s the way I define it.

Still, this ‘ultra-acceptance’ of a disability can be annoying, I have to realize, where the acceptance goes beyond ‘comfortable under one’s own skin’ and becomes radical in a bad way.

Please see my post Bonking My Head in the ‘Coping Mechanisms and Other Crutches’ category.