conservation of energy: Spoon Theory

[Janis J]

There have been several comments lately about new PALS getting tired easily and CALS having a hard time convincing them to conserve energy. Shortly after my husband was diagnosed a relative told him about spoon theory and it changed his outlook. A search shows this has shown up in the forum before but not recently, so it's time again to encourage people to learn about it. There's a good article on Wikipedia, and a speech by the originator at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jn5IBsm49Rk . I hope this strikes a chord with some PALS who haven't heard of spoon theory before.

Janis

 

[Nikki J]

Thank you for the reminder. We have talked about this here before but not for a while. I have someone in my life I need to use this with

 

[JennyC]

Yup, I have RA and this is the story I tell every one about because its so darn simple to understand...of course when I mentioned it at the ALS clinic when I was there with my mom they looked at me like I was nuts, apparently they had never heard of it