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%Begin  When Living With MS, It’s Best to Keep Your Eyes on the Horizon Everyday Health MenuNewslettersSearch Multiple Sclerosis <h1>In Sailing as in Living With MS It s Best to Keep Your Eyes on the Horizon</h1> There’s an old sailor’s trick to avoid seasickness that helps me live with MS. By Trevis GleasonFor Life With Multiple SclerosisReviewed: July 17, 2020Everyday Health BlogsFact-CheckedLiving with MS is like being on a sailboat, in more ways than one.Gary S.
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There’s an old sailor’s trick to avoid seasickness that helps me live with MS. By Trevis GleasonFor Life With Multiple SclerosisReviewed: July 17, 2020Everyday Health BlogsFact-CheckedLiving with MS is like being on a sailboat, in more ways than one.Gary S.
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Chapman/Getty ImagesSeven years ago, and some eight years on from first collecting her, I brought my dog, Sadie, back to her breeder for the purpose of helping to select a new puppy. She was going to have to live with the new addition as much (if not more) than my wife, Caryn, and I would, so we figured it best to afford her the opportunity to register an opinion on the choice.
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Chapman/Getty ImagesSeven years ago, and some eight years on from first collecting her, I brought my dog, Sadie, back to her breeder for the purpose of helping to select a new puppy. She was going to have to live with the new addition as much (if not more) than my wife, Caryn, and I would, so we figured it best to afford her the opportunity to register an opinion on the choice.
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We all laughed at how, after greeting the dam and getting to know her, Sadie raised her head above level and didn’t even acknowledge the litter of puppies that were now running around her like a swarm on a hive. She was acting as if they weren’t really there if she couldn’t see them — a coping mechanism with which many with multiple sclerosis (MS) will be relatively familiar.
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We all laughed at how, after greeting the dam and getting to know her, Sadie raised her head above level and didn’t even acknowledge the litter of puppies that were now running around her like a swarm on a hive. She was acting as if they weren’t really there if she couldn’t see them — a coping mechanism with which many with multiple sclerosis (MS) will be relatively familiar.
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<h2>Selective Ignoring of Things Can Be Very Helpful</h2> It reminded me of an old sailor’s trick to avoid (if not always evade) becoming seasick, which I learned as a ship’s navigator in the U.S. Coast Guard.
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Selective Ignoring of Things Can Be Very Helpful

It reminded me of an old sailor’s trick to avoid (if not always evade) becoming seasick, which I learned as a ship’s navigator in the U.S. Coast Guard.
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To avoid the rocking and rolling sensation of the ship beneath your feet, it is important to keep your eyes on the horizon. And isn’t that about as keen an observation about living with multiple sclerosis as I’ve stumbled upon in a long time? If we level our gaze over the affray of roiling sea and its effect on our perception of stability, we are better able to get on with the tasks required of us all.
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To avoid the rocking and rolling sensation of the ship beneath your feet, it is important to keep your eyes on the horizon. And isn’t that about as keen an observation about living with multiple sclerosis as I’ve stumbled upon in a long time? If we level our gaze over the affray of roiling sea and its effect on our perception of stability, we are better able to get on with the tasks required of us all.
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It’s a way of tricking the mind that our world isn’t in the uneven state of fluctuation that MS and a stormy sea can bring to it. <h2>Another Way Sailing Is Like Living With MS</h2> This isn’t the only seagoing analogy I’ve found for living with MS. I often tell people that the reason I’m fatigued beyond expression is that, as when standing on a boat all day, my body has been constantly working to keep me upright every moment of every minute.
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It’s a way of tricking the mind that our world isn’t in the uneven state of fluctuation that MS and a stormy sea can bring to it.

Another Way Sailing Is Like Living With MS

This isn’t the only seagoing analogy I’ve found for living with MS. I often tell people that the reason I’m fatigued beyond expression is that, as when standing on a boat all day, my body has been constantly working to keep me upright every moment of every minute.
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Many people can relate to the feeling of exhaustion of a day on a boat. <h2>Taking the Long View Keeps Annoyances in Perspective</h2> As one who has painted the waves with his breakfast, I can tell you that keeping an eye above it all will not always work.
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Many people can relate to the feeling of exhaustion of a day on a boat.

Taking the Long View Keeps Annoyances in Perspective

As one who has painted the waves with his breakfast, I can tell you that keeping an eye above it all will not always work.
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Just as a change in wind or wave can send even the most experienced sailor to the rail, my MS and its tendency to sneak up and shift the deck beneath me can, and often does, bring me up short. But by focusing on the bigger picture — the relative calm in the distance — I have found that I weather the stormy days far better than when I allow my concentration to be agitated by MS.
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Just as a change in wind or wave can send even the most experienced sailor to the rail, my MS and its tendency to sneak up and shift the deck beneath me can, and often does, bring me up short. But by focusing on the bigger picture — the relative calm in the distance — I have found that I weather the stormy days far better than when I allow my concentration to be agitated by MS.
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Sometimes, no matter how well I think I’m managing a particular rough patch of MS, the waves still break over the bow, soak me to the skin, and threaten to toss me overboard completely. And, like Sadie trying to avoid the rush of clumsy puppies, I have learned to live with most of the annoyances that have come home with me no matter how hard I’ve tried to avoid them.
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Sometimes, no matter how well I think I’m managing a particular rough patch of MS, the waves still break over the bow, soak me to the skin, and threaten to toss me overboard completely. And, like Sadie trying to avoid the rush of clumsy puppies, I have learned to live with most of the annoyances that have come home with me no matter how hard I’ve tried to avoid them.
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And, too, like Sadie, I have learned to growl at them less. Wishing you and your family the best of health. Cheers, TrevisMy book, Chef Interrupted, is available on Amazon. Follow me on the Life With MS Facebook page and on Twitter, and read more on Life With Multiple Sclerosis.
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And, too, like Sadie, I have learned to growl at them less. Wishing you and your family the best of health. Cheers, TrevisMy book, Chef Interrupted, is available on Amazon. Follow me on the Life With MS Facebook page and on Twitter, and read more on Life With Multiple Sclerosis.
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